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> On clicking the link and opening your note, it is deleted instantly and completely from our database. Gone forever. I worry about using such services when it
by AnonC 5y ago
> On clicking the link and opening your note, it is deleted instantly and completely from our database. Gone forever.
I worry about using such services when it comes to sending the note links over email or chat platforms, where the messaging platform may crawl the link and have the content destroyed before the human user has had a chance to see it. Has anyone encountered this on other secret sharing platforms? Using a password that’s not part of the link would prevent from that happening, but I see that it’s optional in this solution.
- gigamick 5y agoGreat feedback. Thank you. TBH I have never seen this happen in all my years of using services like these but its defo a worthwhile consideration.
- bachmeier 5y agoYes, this is an issue. I wrote my own service that I run on my own web server for this type of message. Outlook webmail includes a convenient link preview by default. When someone opened the link, the message was already deleted. I solved it by emailing a link to the link.
- gigamick 5y agoI've no resolved this issue in the same way that other similar products do; I have added a "are you sure you want to read this" screen. Problem resolved :-)