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Keeping text messages private

A new smartphone app takes its name from the Tiger Woods scandal and sets a time limit on text messages sent and received.

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A new smartphone app allows users to set a time limit on the life of text messages. Any message sent using TigerText — which got its name before the Tiger Woods scandal — can be deleted from the phone of the both the sender AND the recipient, as long as both are using Tiger Text. What’s more, the messages never pass through carriers systems,

Guest: TigerText founder Jeffrey Evans

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