Rules

1. You might receive an answer. And then again I might not answer at all. I reserve the right to not answer your query if I find it offensive, boring, or it has already been answered. Also, I might be too busy.

2. If you ask me a medically related question I won't answer, except to say, see your doctor. I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV. And I'm a bit squeamish.

3. I might be wrong. I am going to either:

a. answer flippantly based on my own knowledge

b. research your question unscientifically and post the results

c. ask a friend who might know better than I

4. Please don't get all angry if I don't give you the answer you want to hear, or if my answer turns out to be wrong or you don't see a doctor about that rash you asked about. I am not claiming to be an expert. I am merely providing a way for those who typically ask me questions to see their answers on the big screen (of their computer.)

5. Now that you've read the rules, use the link to the right to post your question to me. You can remain anonymous. If I answer your question, I will post it here, I will not email you back.

How Do I Post Something Online Privately?

Short answer: you can't. The original question was somewhat private so I don't want to quote it directly, but essentially the gist was that the person wanted to be able to post something online that would be viewable only with an ever-changing super secret password and that the something would be impossible to copy and redistribute.

There are certainly ways to encrypt file access and have the password constantly change. I know people that have a little key chain that every few minutes (or maybe less) generates and displays a random multi-digit number. When you go to sign in, you type in the number currently displayed. Super high tech, eh? But I happen to know what this secret something is and perhaps this is not too cost effective an idea.

There are also ways to protect pdf's so they can't be printed or copied, but that doesn't prevent people from taking a screen shot.

Sticky wicket. You've got something, and you're itching to show it around, but are nervous about retribution from people named in said something. Sounds to me like you need a patsy.