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Cellphone NewsSMS Service Supports Self-Destructing Text MessagesTechWeb.com, Dec 12, 2005 A British company has launched a mobile service enabling users to send and receive "self-destructing" SMS text messages, which disappear after the first time they are read. The service, called StealthText from Staellium UK Ltd., is making headlines as a sure hit with celebrities trying to conceal affairs and business people guarding secret deals Staellium's promotional materials are fueling speculation about uses. "Whether you're a celebrity who's up to no good or a business executive dealing in sensitive information, the last thing you want is for urgent text messages you've sent to fall into the wrong hands," the company writes in its Web site. "StealthText users can rest assured that the message goes up in smoke, just like the famous tape scenes in the Mission Impossible series." Staellium points to high-profile celebrity embarrassments and recent government pronouncements that mobile communications should be stored by carriers for up to two years as proof of how important it is to keep information under wraps. Users don't have to give up control over their text messages once they hit "send." They can program their messages to delete themselves from recipient's mobile phones as soon as they have been read. Users send text messages with the word "stealth" to Staellium. They receive a link to download StealthText applet through a WAP connection. If a recipient attempts to access the message a second time, they are directed to an "expired or non-existent page." To cancel subscriptions, consumers can text "STEALTH STOP." The company states that StealthText enhances the company's flagship "seek & destroy" product, StealthMobile, which enables destruction of email, voice and pictures messages. |
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