I created this project because I was tired of seeing my friends violate the confidentiality of our private conversations, by constantly forwarding our emails to third parties. As you at HN will understand, 100% unbreakable rights management of digital content is physically impossible. That said, I think that this tool has great value, at least for people who face the same problem that I had.
Currently, you can use this tool manually, via the demo page, or you can integrate with your email client via the SMTP integration method. I'd like to find some way to streamline the setup process for the SMTP integration. Any ideas?
Other applications for this service:
- Use in addition to email disclaimers and confidentiality agreement footers at the bottom of emails.
- Watermark emails for tracking purposes.
- Supplement existing internal corporate policies for information disclosure.
- Provide additional auditing support for email access-control.
- Delete email messages after they have been sent.
Caveats:
- Currently detects all access attempts from the same computer as one single recipient. Likewise, accessing an email account from multiple devices will be detected as multiple recipients. I.e. each computer == one recipient.
- No real website design yet.
Stack:
Python / Tornado & adisp.py / Nginx / Nginx scripts / Redis / Postgresql
So HN, what do you think?