Expired messages

“This message will self-destruct in five seconds.” This hackneyed phrase that we have seen in so many spy movies and series is the one that reigns in the world of messaging apps. Beyond the success of Apps such as WhatsApps or Line , platforms that offer a certain expiration of shared content have aroused growing interest among users. Snapchat marked the way forward but there are many that already offer the option of destroying or encrypting our messages. Obviously the most popular of all expired messaging Apps is Snapchat . Appeared a couple of years ago it has broken the schemes and has been installed in the terminals of the youngest users. Eager to share their experiences but, at the same time, cautious, they have made this App one of their most faithful allies. And what is not little, the volume of images shared via mobile has skyrocketed, going from 200 million to more than 400 million a year six months after their appearance. Its power is so great that some marketing agencies already include it as communication tool and promotion of your products . In an attempt to jump into the ephemeral messaging arena and follow Snapchat, Poke appeared, launched by Facebook, and which allowed setting a maximum exposure time for messages. The maximum that allowed to save a content in the terminal of the receiver was ten seconds. It did not take long for his death and total disappearance to be declared. However, neither on one platform nor the other has it been possible to guarantee that there will be remains of the message once it has been deleted or that it has even been possible to duplicate or save it in a telephone terminal. Who does offer this type of limitation is the people of Silent Circle , of whom we have already spoken to you sometime in this blog . Erected as great guarantors of confidentiality and security, its messaging App relies on data encryption to be one of the most invulnerable on the market. Of course, its services, which also include encryption and protection of phone calls among others, have a price: $ 20 per month. More affordable are options such as Confide , which has also achieved very good acceptance from the general public. With a data encryption base, it allows the issuance of confidential messages with limited expiration dates. Wickr is another option offered by the main markets, Google Play and Apple Store , to protect messages . Their service guarantees the elimination of all possible traces of the conversations. Hash , with the limitation to seven seconds to read a message and the possibility of sending videos, or TigerText , an App more designed for corporate uses, are two more options to protect mobile communications . And if you want to know a little more about the use of Snapchat among the youngest, it is highly recommended to read this article published a few weeks ago by the specialized portal Mashable .