1994-02-04 - Re: Read-Once Messages?

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From: Lyle_Seaman@transarc.com
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 46d3e862815f95f26c4cded47abd6fd6bb3a0b9cd674fb6bd4911771af14ae70
Message ID: <QhIeqzeSMUw8QmXzRb@transarc.com>
Reply To: <9401311747.AA12799@federal-excess.apple.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-02-04 20:25:15 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 12:25:15 PST

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From: Lyle_Seaman@transarc.com
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 12:25:15 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Read-Once Messages?
In-Reply-To: <9401311747.AA12799@federal-excess.apple.com>
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lefty@apple.com (Lefty) writes:
> Has there been any work done on messages that can be read a single time,
> preferably only by a designated recipient, and is not amenable to being
> captured as it is "played"?  I know that Gibson's poem _Agrippa_ had some
> sort of self-destruct feature built into it, but I don't know what
> mechanism was used to implement this.

I think I received one of these once, but I can't remember what it was.







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