By Manny Fernandez

March 8, 2020

Website for Sending Self-Destruct Messages

Have you ever wanted to send someone a PSK for a VPN as an example and cannot use an encrypted email?  Here is a website that will allow you to send encrypted messages that get deleted once they are read.  Here is the link to the website.

The Website

2020-03-08_13-01-53.png

The interface is very plain and no frills.  You can choose Show options button to see more options.

Screen Shot 2020-03-08 at 1.15.21 PM.png

In the Options page, we can choose a few options.  I normally use the default which is after reading it for the Note Self-destruct.  You can set a password and then an email validation that the message has been destroyed.  You can also give it an optional reference note.

Typical Use Case

In this use case, I am going to send a typical PSK for a VPN that I want to send to someone.  Normally, I would not put any marks in the Reference section that could lead to anything about the true nature of the message.

Sending Message

2020-03-08_12-53-25.png

Above, you can see I kept the default of Note self-destruct option to after reading it.  I want it to prompt telling the recipient that the message will in fact self-destruct.

I also added my Monkey email address to validate.

2020-03-08_12-53-39.png

Once you Create Note you will have this screen displayed.  You can either copy the link via `⌘ C` or `CTRL C’ depending on your OS.  You can also email although, to me it gives too much “paper trail”.

Receiving the message

I opened my Brave Browser to mimic another user receiving the message.

2020-03-08_12-54-11.png

Once you open the message, you will be prompted for the password.

2020-03-08_12-54-21.png

Here we can see the the unencrypted message and the warning message saying it has been destroyed.

2020-03-08_13-15-50.png

Finally, I received the email saying the message has been destroyed.

Hope this helps.

Recent posts

  • If you've spent any time configuring user authentication on... Full Story

  • DNS is one of those technologies that quietly underpins... Full Story

  • BGP issues on FortiGate firewalls usually trace back to... Full Story

  • Every time your laptop talks to your router, a... Full Story

  • If you've spent any time configuring NAT on a... Full Story

  • If you have spent any time configuring firewall policies... Full Story

  • High availability on FortiGate is one of those features... Full Story

  • If you've configured SD-WAN on a FortiGate, you've almost... Full Story

  • FortiLink is the management protocol that turns a FortiSwitch... Full Story

  • FortiSwitches are pretty rock solid from Mean Time Between... Full Story

  • This is a quicky tip.  Have you ever gone... Full Story

  • DNS is one of those quiet pieces of internet... Full Story

  • This article is an updated version of the previous... Full Story

  • You will add ns2 as a secondary (slave) BIND9... Full Story

  • In the process of deploying my lab, I needed... Full Story

  • RFC 8805, used to be known as Self-Correcting IP... Full Story

  • Years back, I wrote an article about certificate pinning. ... Full Story

  • FortiGates have the ability to send alerts to Microsoft... Full Story

  • In this post, I am going to walk through... Full Story

  • Troubleshooting VoIP on a FortiGate can feel like trying... Full Story

  • Prior to FortiOS 7.0, there were three commands to... Full Story

  • In this post, I am going to go over... Full Story

  • What we are going to do:  We are going... Full Story

  • Choosing between FGCP (FortiGate Clustering Protocol) and FGSP (FortiGate... Full Story

  • Creating a VLAN on macOS (The "Pro" Move) A... Full Story

  • This blog post explores the logic behind how macOS... Full Story

  • Pretty Fly for a Wi-Fi Tell My Wi-Fi Love... Full Story

  • Part of my daily gig is creating BoMs (Bill-of-Materials)... Full Story

  • ICMP introduces several security risks, but careful filtering, rate... Full Story

  • The command diag debug application dhcps -1 enables full... Full Story

  • In the world of FortiOS, execute tac report is... Full Story

  • LLDP; What is it The Link Layer Discovery Protocol... Full Story

  • What it actually does When you run diagnose fdsm... Full Story

  • Monkey Bites are bite-sized, high-impact security insights designed for... Full Story

  • I have run macOS in macOS with Parallels but... Full Story

  • Don't be confused with my other FortiNAC posts where... Full Story

  • This is the third session in a multi-part article... Full Story

  • Today I was configuring key-based authentication on a FortiGate... Full Story

  • Netcat, often called the "Swiss Army knife" of networking,... Full Story

  • At its core, IEEE 802.1X is a network layer... Full Story

  • In case you did not see the previous FortiNAC... Full Story

  • This is our 5th session where we are going... Full Story

  • Now that we have Wireshark installed and somewhat configured,... Full Story

  • The Philosophy of Packet Analysis Troubleshooting isn't about looking... Full Story

  • If you have ever dug through a drawer full... Full Story

  • In this article, I will cover the basic AC... Full Story

  • OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) is a link-state IGP... Full Story