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It promises to answer the prayers of many social network users. New software that automatically erases photos uploaded to websites such as Facebook and MySpace after a certain time has been launched.
German firm X-Pire claims to have identified a gap in the market - the fear of loading your personal photos online in case they are used against you at a future date.The software prevents the increasingly frequent occurrence of someone being refused a job or running into other embarrassing difficulties after posting a photo that should have been kept private.
But Michael Backes, the founder of X-Pire, claims his company offers a solution to the problem.
Before the user posts a photo, all he has to do is drag it into the X-Pire programme which assigns it an electronic key that is valid only for a set time period.
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