Privacy-conscious Brits who love SMS have a new service right out of Mission Impossible.British firm Staellium has developed a program allows SMS messages to self destruct on subscribers’ phones 40 seconds after they’re read. The BBC is reporting that the service is attracting attention “from businesses, the Ministry of Defence [and] celebrity agents,” and that thousands have already signed up for the service, which began operation last Sunday.Those who use the service will have to pay 50 pence for each destroyed text message and sign up for a minimum of 10 messages, but they’ll know anything incriminating will vanish from their phones in less than a minute.Last year the British tabs had a field day when embarrassing text messages sent by football god David Beckham to his female personal assistant were leaked to the press. Via BBC News Related content news analysis FBI/IC3: Vile $5B business e-mail scam continues to breed FBI/IC3 reports over 40,000 worldwide victims and $5 billion in the latest reckoning By Michael Cooney May 08, 2017 5 mins Security news analysis Ultimate geek dream? NASA challenges you to jump on the FORTRAN bandwagon! NASA opens High Performance Fast Computing Challenge By Michael Cooney May 05, 2017 4 mins Government Open Source Enterprise Applications news analysis Fragmented, disorganized IT systems thwart feds ability to track visas DHS OIG says ineffective IT process has contributed to a backlog of more than 1.2 million visa overstay cases. By Michael Cooney May 04, 2017 5 mins Analytics Data Center Security news analysis TSA: “As you can imagine, live anti-tank rounds are strictly prohibited altogether.” TSA finds live anti-tank round in carry-on bag By Michael Cooney Apr 28, 2017 2 mins Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe