3 ms·

someone in an abusive relationship? whistleblower? plenty of scenarios

• ALittleLight 5y ago
  I don't understand. If I'm in an abusive relationship or am a whistleblower why would I want to send a read-once message? Why is this better than pastebin? (Which, incidentally has this as an optional feature)
  • ohazi 5y ago
    If you trust the recipient, but there's a chance that they will be threatened and asked/forced to reveal the message that you sent them, they may appreciate a mechanism that gives them plausible deniability. Obviously a recipient could make a copy of any disappearing message that they receive if they really wanted to, so you do need to actually trust them. It's less for your security, and more for theirs.
    • senectus1 5y ago
      yup, also you can trust the person but maybe not trust their long term security. the short the lifespan the small surface of attack.
    • MrGilbert 5y ago
      Depends on "they", I guess. Plausible deniability goes south, once you are greeted with a wrench. Reminds me of https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/