Much like the vanishing photos sent with Snapchat, a new Web app lets you send self-destructing messages from your work computer.
New York-based app maker Lamplighter Games last week launched OTR — for “off the record” messaging — a browser plug-in that lets you send messages that disappear within 5 seconds of being read.
“We both love using Snapchat, so we thought it would be fun to put Snapchat in the browser,” according to Kris Minkstein, who co-founded the company with his brother Andy. “We figured since you’re in front of your computer all day at work that you’re going to end up sending a lot of these photos to probably the guys sitting next to you at your cubicle.”
With Snapchat, if someone takes a screenshot of your picture before it disappears in 10 seconds, the app will notify you. But Web sites like “Snapchat Leaked” are cropping up, and Utah-based Decipher Forensics … [Read more]
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