The 'Teleport Me' feature is especially beneficial for browsing from hotel networks, public WiFi hotspots, or other untrusted broadband connections.

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Untrusted recipients, however, may look to circumvent self-destruction and actively share items.

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During this time, as always, we strongly urge customers to use caution when downloading, using, installing and updating applications from untrusted sources.

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Avoid clicking on links or attachments within emails from untrusted sources.

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Once the device is infected, malware can collect and send data from the device, such as location information, personal information and login credentials, to untrusted third parties.

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While such systems might work for transmissions between trusted parties (such as between spies serving the same nation) who both examine the materials in private locations and subsequently want the materials to be destroyed, they do not work for sharing with untrusted parties or parties who may view the materials in public.

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