disappearing messages on whatsapp and telegram feel kind of fake to me. you still see chat previews, people take screenshots, and the timers are either 24 hours or a week which defeats the entire point. if someone really needs privacy like in legal stuff or whistleblowing, a message should just burn 10 seconds after reading and leave zero trace in device memory. why does nobody build actual zero footprint chat into the web instead of forcing everyone to keep message history?
