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Basically I am looking for a messaging platform like signal or? but with anonymous signup, perfect forward secrecy, capable of video chat, sending photos the usual uses in today's life. But with a panic button. So that any party member could use said button to wipe all other members devices of any data instantly inside the messaging app. So if one member gets compromised, or lost their device, stolen device ect, any other member could wipe all chats, call log, and any other data strictly inside the messaging client instantly for everyone involved. Disolving the group like it never existed rendering the data unrecoverable. Amazons Wickr used to have most of these features but it is being discontinued December 2023 and who trusts amazon with their data. Does something like this exist? Sorry if I'm not explaining it well I'll do my best to clarify and update this post. I am not trying to delete the whole device. Just the data inside the messaging app. If that does not exist. What about a separate app that could delete the entire messaging platform from the device when triggered. Assume all necessary requirements are met and this is for daily use. Between a group of trusted parties.

Updated wording to clarify the objective as replies where getting misunderstood.

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[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A wipe all button is what I'm looking for. Signal is solid enough and one could potentially register without a real number sure. But ephemeral messaging isn't always the easiest to use. Sometimes keeping a chat log of say 24 hours or less before the messages disappear is nice. But if a device got lost or stolen during that time and one or both parties needed an immediate wipe on all devices its seeming not possible right now. There is no way to delete the history in a wipe all button manner regardless of platform. I'm simply looking for that feature. Matrix is nice but leaks metadata still, after reading about why it just comes down to how it operates in a defederated manner. Sure one could self host their own server and have ownership or their own data but could say the data be reset daily by restarting the server? Then would the members simply reestablish the chat again? I'm not familiar with matrix at all but I have read quite a bit today on it.

[–] gribodyr@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Man just settle down that what you are asking for is not available on the market off the shelf.

It’s probably not an open discussion to talk about your actual scenarios.