October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
Burn after download is a love language
Sensitive docs don’t need a filing cabinet. They need a courier who vanishes.
David KrugManila · @realDavidKrug
Some files are proposals. Some are NDAs. Some are the ZIP you would rather not see still opening in March.
Decide the ending first
Burn after download is for those. First successful pickup, then the copy on our side is gone. Nobody has to remember to clean up later, which is good, because nobody remembers.
If it only needed one delivery, why leave footprints in the hallway?
A fuse, not a mood
Pair the burn with a short expiry and the transfer behaves like an envelope with a fuse. You chose the fuse when you were still honest, not a month later when the link has already been forwarded twice.
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David Krug
Twenty-plus years of building cute little websites, and big ones, with an independent footprint. In the Philippines since 2016. Based in Manila, with two children and one amazing partner.
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