Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail

Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by lovetrump on Friday April 13, 2018 @10:49AM (#16830466)

> It says that the recipient won’t be able to forward email content, copy and paste, download or print the email.

DRM for email? that worked so great for the media industry... No thanks.

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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by gfo on Friday April 13, 2018 @10:56AM (#16830548)

This is a feature available to enterprises in Exchange server and it works quite well, especially for messages with sensitive content.

The key difference is that emails are typically intended for those the message has been sent to and not for broad distribution - they can contain sensitive content that would cause harm if broadly distributed (e.g. server names, passwords, financial data, etc.)

Media on the other hand, is intended for broad distribution but only after you've purchased a 'license' to use it.

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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by ceejayoz on Friday April 13, 2018 @10:52AM (#16830507)

Seems like people will figure out the screenshot approach pretty quickly here.

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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by garaetjjte on Friday April 13, 2018 @11:10AM (#16830675)

But what if it uses Widevine and HDCP? /s

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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by lovetrump on Friday April 13, 2018 @11:48AM (#16831137)

Sorry, they hi-jack your whole system... and they alter the screen frequency/display so that even a camera can't take a picture.

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