Security News > 2020 > February > 'Don't tell anyone but I have a secret.' There, that's my security sorted

In a case of political revenge porn that is gripping the French nation almost as tightly as Griveaux was gripping himself, videos of him buffing the aubergine appeared on a short-lived satirical website apparently focusing on "Political pornography" and promptly went viral.

Griveaux's official statement to the police claims that he sent the video person-to-person via a certain private messenging system - press reports do not name which one, unfortunately - that would delete the video after one minute.

What messaging app was he using? And is he being all that tech-savvy in his belief that his video would self-destruct after 60 seconds, like in some '70s episode of Mission Impossible? Even in WhatsApp, you have to remember to delete it yourself.

Ben, surely you know that for every ultra-secure, ultra-private, ultra-personal video messaging app, there are a dozen freebie video-grabbing utilities out there.

Even if you code it up to prevent screen capture, someone could always video your video, just like they can photograph an onscreen secret document.

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