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Offline polonus

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Self destructing data - Vanish
« on: July 25, 2009, 06:47:10 PM »
Hi malware fighters,

A person can make a posting, send a mail and give the time the posting or  should exist before self destruction and use Vanish and self-destruct the data thereof. Polonus just wants his postings to stay here, but if you want to use self destructing data to post, mail etc. then download and install Vanish, it is also there as a Firefox extension:
http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/download.html

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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2009, 09:59:08 PM »
Here today, gone tomorrow....
We die soon enough. I would rather leave something behind.  :)
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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2009, 10:51:23 PM »
Hi bob3160,

Agree with you, but as long as people are remembered by others they are far from dead.
Just, you think about that one.
But in the old days ages went by like a sponge without anything happening, this lasted until the wheel was invented, and now in our lifetime what have we seen as new developments are going faster and faster. Time seems to fly by and as we get older the weeks seem to fly faster and faster still. Have a nice weekend, bob, - it is almost Monday....

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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2009, 01:04:11 AM »
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Have a nice weekend, bob

You too Damien. :)
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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2009, 06:16:39 AM »
Wow what a nice software!^^

Ahhhh im going to use it for pranks^^

Thanks Pol^^

-AnimeLover^^
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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2009, 08:31:37 AM »
Anyone else notice this?

Vanish leverages the world-wide Vuze DHT as its underlying storage system. As a result, once you install Vanish, your machine will participate in the Vuze network.
  http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/download.html


Vuze is the easiest way to find, download, and play HD videos - the most powerful p2p bittorrent app in the world.
  http://www.vuze.com/app
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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2009, 12:42:23 PM »
I knew I would not like it.
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Vuze is the easiest way to find, download, and play HD videos - the most powerful p2p bittorrent app in the world.

Perils of P2P File Sharing:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/security-center/virus-trojan-spyware-help/305923-perils-p2p-file-sharing.html
http://en.community.dell.com/wikis/spyware_virus/perils-of-p2p-file-sharing.aspx
http://www.imhocorp.com/?p=69
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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2009, 08:57:51 PM »
New digital security program doesn't protect as promised

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University of Texas at Austin scientists have shown that they can break "Vanish," a program that promised to self-destruct computer data, such as emails and photographs, and thereby protect a person's privacy.

http://www.physorg.com/news173450942.html
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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2009, 09:21:13 PM »
Hi nmb,

Visiting the avast webforums is a continuous learning process for me and many others I presume, thank you all for posting here,

your virtual forum friend,

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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2009, 01:01:03 AM »
For me, Photographs are a treasure to be shared. :)
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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2009, 05:53:22 AM »
pol,

just to clarify - actually, when i read about vanish, i thought it was really good. but when i saw unvanish, i thought to post here - for those who are using it.

(i have no worries with you, pol :))
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Re: Self destructing data - Vanish
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2009, 03:43:09 AM »
Security researchers ask: Does self-destructing data really vanish?
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/100109-vanish-researchers-crack.html?hpg1=bn
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