Vanish! It is the new tool to delete online data. Developed by the University of Washington, Vanish allows data, messages, files, and other web content to self-destruct after a certain time. Soon, emails, Facebook messages, and Google documents can all be set to disappear into thin air by using Vanish, if assistant professor Yoshi Kohno, who designed the software had his way.
There is so much data now created, shared, and stored online, as opposed to on individual computers. And, documents could remain online for years, even after the user deleted the original file. Vanish would ensure that even archived or backed-up copies of the data are unreadable after the time limit set by the original user.
While it is a great technological advancement, this technology can easily be misused. Professor Kohno too acknowledges that the software could be used for ill intent.
Read the original BBC article find out more about this interesting technology and its possible impact.
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