Comments on: Big String Secures IM Messages

By: surfriot

surfriot — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:44:42 +0000

lousy email service, isn’t worth paying for by any means, and is not even worth using free. minimal features and customer service is lacking big time. Adam doesn’t know how to communicate like a professional. Crap software.

By: Junebug

Junebug — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:29:35 +0000

I find the application quite useful, but never once believed that I was 1000% protected. It adds value for most users.

By: larry keam

larry keam — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:34:34 +0000

you suck

By: Mike P.

Mike P. — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:59:05 +0000

These site is really terrible. I’m surprised you guys even wrote about them. They trade on the OTC for 0.18 cents. Go start their IM and look at FireBug — their making requests to the server by the second. Really insane stuff. I’m up over 500 requests in a matter of minutes.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:25:50 +0000

Well…at least we now know that our email CAN BE PUBLISHED on here. What a bunch of douchebags these people are. So take THIS site with a grain of salt. Who do I talk to about this invasion of privacy??

By: Bzzzt.

Bzzzt. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:28:52 +0000

Lol. What a bunch of douchebags.

By: John Biggs

John Biggs — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:12:37 +0000

Stop astroturfing this post, BigString.

New comment on your post #16349 “Big String Secures IM Messages”

Author : Ashley (IP: 71.250.233.65 , static-71-250-233-65.nwrknj.east.verizon.net)
E-mail : adebrino@gmail.com
URL :
Whois : http://ws.arin....t=71.250.233.65
Comment:
I tried it, it works well… its innovative and useful. If you have any technical knowledge and read how to program actually works, you will see that the conversations do “disappear.”

New comment on your post #16349 “Big String Secures IM Messages”
Author : VTFootballGrad (IP: 71.250.233.65 , static-71-250-233-65.nwrknj.east.verizon.net)
E-mail : VTFootballGrad@hotmail.com
URL :
Whois : http://ws.arin....t=71.250.233.65
Comment:
Hey I just signed up and it worked really well. It’s just like having a normal conversation. Once you say something it’s gone. Short of video taping the computer screen, or your non-average user trying to find a way to capture it, it says everything that they advertise.

By: VTFootballGrad

VTFootballGrad — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:07:31 +0000

Hey I just signed up and it worked really well. It’s just like having a normal conversation. Once you say something it’s gone. Short of video taping the computer screen, or your non-average user trying to find a way to capture it, it says everything that they advertise.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:06:27 +0000

I tried it, it works well… its innovative and useful. If you have any technical knowledge and read how to program actually works, you will see that the conversations do “disappear.”

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:25:44 +0000

To the guy early who said they can still screen capture it, can you prove it to me. I am trying it now and its not working. I guess they were telling the truth.

By: John Biggs

John Biggs — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:53:36 +0000

Obviously some astroturfing going on here. Take the site with a grain of salt.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:01:54 +0000

This is pretty amazing….and no one thought of this before? Just tried it out and could not save stuff at all….sent some picts to my friend as a test and they all disappeared as promised….cant wait to have fun with this this IM program.

By: Wade

Wade — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:29:28 +0000

Yeah, this ain’t going anywhere.

By: Bzzzt.

Bzzzt. — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:44:42 +0000

I didn’t think much of this until I clicked through and saw these exact words:

“It can’t be printed”
“It can’t be saved”
“It can’t be screenshot”

Blatant and unscrupulous LIE. Of course it can be screen shot (and thus saved or printed). Anyone with even cursory computer knowledge should know that a browser plugin can’t alter the functionality of the underlying operating system.

Wow, snake oil indeed.

By: Hendra

Hendra — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:55:18 +0000

If your eyes can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there.

By: Wil Tan

Wil Tan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:06:54 +0000

I agree that this just sounds too much like a gimmicky product with no real substance. However, there’s nothing wrong with that.

Some people may find that a little protection of their privacy is all they need, or maybe they don’t know better. The problem with this target audience is that they are precisely the group who aren’t savvy enough to switch to another IM network.

By: josh

josh — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:51:28 +0000

It disappears with no trace? Prove it.
I’m guessing its logged in a database somewhere for future use.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:42:36 +0000

I, for one, appreciated the Hills reference

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:28:24 +0000

I went on and used it, it actually was pretty cool and i can definitely think of couple reasons to use it. Give it a try first you might find it useful.

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TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Big Stringの安心IMメッセージ — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:07:25 +0000

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By: Earle Ady

Earle Ady — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:01:47 +0000

Brendan,

That’s a MUCH better solution. Additionally PGP provides an excellent product.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00:34 +0000

If you actually want anonymity in online communications, use Off the Record. It encrypts, authenticates, but ensures that no message can actually be tied to you by a third party.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:58:32 +0000

This will be about as useful as the self-destructing sheets of paper given out in Get Smart.

By: Earle Ady

Earle Ady — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:54:33 +0000

This is absolutely absurd. You dont gain security form smoke and mirrors, and their CEOs reference of this technology preventing peoples private pictures from being spread around the Internet is completely incompetent.

If you have a need to secure your communications, use a proper cryptographical solution for secured communication.

Why are you even covering this in the first place? You’re pushing silicon snake oil.

By: MikeW

MikeW — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:26:07 +0000

screen grabbing != screen scraping