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methods to send self destructing emails
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this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025
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"Self-destructing" is like fetch: it isn't gonna happen. Stop trying to make self-destructing happen!
(No, seriously: the ability to enforce self-destruction of a message on a computer implies a pervasive Hellscape of DRM. You really don't actually want that.)
I agree it's not possible with an uncooperative/adversarial recipient, but it's very possible that the recipient is cooperative, but too passive to reliably follow an instruction like "delete after reading".
It may be reasonable to use technical means to protect certain messages against the possibility that the recipient's computer or mail provider will be stolen or compromised in the future. Email isn't a great tool for this.