The idea of being able to electronically shred a document seems like a pipe dream to me. I'm not to sure your going to be able to rely on it. I'm certain a computer can do it, but a computer is a little like a gun. It's the owner you have to be afraid of. I currently employ a safe file transfer with customers securely by either my ftp server or theirs. Using this method allows me to either publish or not, my customers or my drawings. very safely. The larger companies are very hip to this and use software that makes use of this ability of a computer to transfer files and still maintain the integrity of the distribution. This is not a very cost effective way to maintain security for the smaller companies right now and may be why its not widely used with them. An online server can cost thousands to have and maintain, not to mention you may need an "IT guy" as they say to keep control of it. This is how I'm CURRENTLY maintaining the integrity of my customers documents. I share an ftp user account with them or vise versa. I can pull these documents right out of the folder into my CAM software and then onto code. I can open a read only file from an customers ftp server around the globe, make code from it. never save anything of the file other than my text doc for the CNC.
Any one out there requiring the service and talent of real tool makers and wants privacy can ask for a ftp user acct or provide one of their own either way we can work together on a level not found anywhere else.
