Self-destructing emails: it’s Gmail’s Dmail

Google presents “Dmail”, emails on Gmail that self-destruct after being read.

Google is considering new features for its Gmail service. This is demonstrated by the fact that a completely new option is being presented for the search engine giant.
This is “Dmail”, a specific function that allows emails to be deleted immediately after being read by the recipient.
Just a few weeks ago, there was talk about the possibility of “recalling” an email sent via Gmail, with the “Undo” option. For 30 seconds after pressing the “send” button, the sender can retrace their steps, blocking the email’s departure, should they realize – for example – that they sent it to the wrong recipient or wrote something incorrectly.
With Dmail, however, the focus is on a different kind of option: it moves in the direction of “disposable” emails.
In fact, Dmail is nothing more than a new Google Chrome extension developed by Delicious technicians which, once activated via the address https://mail.delicious.com/, allows those who write an email via Gmail to decide if it can always be read by the recipient in the future or if it should “disappear”.
More than disappearing entirely, the email will actually remain visible but unreadable: it will become encrypted.
The sender, in any case, can revoke this decision, making the email readable again later. Alternatively, another possibility is to set a sort of timer, so as to immediately establish the time limits for reading and encryption.

According to information obtained from the electronic columns of The Verge, the next step for the Dmail development team will be to integrate the function into the Gmail apps for iOS and Android, thus extending this new possibility not only to those who use Gmail from fixed stations but also from mobile devices.
Furthermore, they are also considering how to perform the same time-based encryption operation on attachments, not just on the text of the sent emails.
Something very similar, therefore, to what already happens when using apps like Snapchat.
A scenario, therefore, possible and realistic, on the verge of becoming reality for Gmail as well.

Pubblicato in Digital Tools