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message stories: 3 news summaries

New Software Can Delete Emails Permanently

Software scatters encryption keys among temporary BitTorrent nodes

Aug 5, 09 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Email is inherently insecure, because it has a long shelf-life—even deleted messages can be stored infinitely on the email service of the sender or recipient. Now a team of scientists is poised to unveil software later this month to make them disappear for keeps, reports the Economist. “Vanish”... More »

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email • BitTorrent • Internet security • computer security • P2P • mall security • encryption • message

 Voicemail Is So Over 

System too slow in faster-paced world

Jul 9, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - After some 25 years of popularity, voicemail has become merely an annoyance for many, the Boston Globe reports. "What I really hate are the soliloquies," says a time-crunched user. But the long-winded are only part of the problem, experts say; the real culprit is the rise of texting.... More »

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cell phones • text message • texting • voicemail • telephone • trend • message

(Newser) - A legend about a DC watchmaker who etched a secret message inside Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch is true, the Washington Post reports. Smithsonian officials opened the watch today and found it amid the tiny gears: "Jonathan Dillon April 13, 1861. Fort Sumter was attacked by the rebels... More »

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Washington DC • Abraham Lincoln • Civil War • legend • Smithsonian Insitution • Fort Sumter • pocket watch • message

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