Self Destructing SMSes

Staellium UK has developed StealthText, an SMS delivery system that allows the sender to send messages that will be deleted from the receiver’s phone 40 seconds after it has been read.

The catch here is that both the sender and the receiver need to have WAP access and WAP-enabled phones. However, only the sender of such messages needs to download a StealthText applet.

When a StealthText SMS is sent, the receiver gets a notification type of message that displays the sender’s name and a link to the actual message.

Now, if the receiver goes to that link, via WAP, the message is flagged as read and it simply cannot be accessed from the server 40 seconds later.

Although the SMS is no longer viewable by the receiver after 40 seconds, it is archieved on the server.

Staellium claims that this service will be a boon for celebrities who are afraid of being blackmailed later, or businessmen who urgently need to send confidential information to colleagues.

The comapany also plans to introduce the same technology for email, voice, picture and MMS messages.

Perhaps now we can prevent MMS scandal from taking place.