Secure and confidential sharing of digital content

A method of sharing confidential content among a plurality of participants, the content is provided as one or more elements of a digital conversation, each of the plurality of participants utilizing one or more digital communication devices connected to a network and configured to display the content, the method comprising steps of:

• registering two or more of the plurality of participants;
• on any of the one or more digital communication devices comprising the one or more elements:
• receiving a selection of at least one element of the one or more elements from the registered participants;
• setting a retention value for the at least one element of the selection;
• designating the at least one element of the selection as confidential by setting a flag associated with the at least one element ON, wherein the at least one element of the selection is confidential when the flag is set ON, and is not confidential when the flag is set OFF, and
• displaying a place holder instead of the content of the at least one element designated as confidential:
• on any of the one or more digital communication devices comprising the at least one element designated as confidential:
• authenticating the registered participants;
• receiving a request to view the content of the at least one element designated as confidential from the plurality of participants;
• displaying, without encoding and/or decoding, the content of the at least one element designated as confidential only to the authenticated registered participants;
• and
• deleting the at least one element designated as confidential upon expiration of the retention value.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable code, which when executed by a computer performs a method of sharing confidential content among a plurality of participants, the content is provided as one or more elements of a digital conversation, each of the plurality of participants utilizing one or more digital communication devices connected to a network and configured to display the content, the method comprising steps of:

• registering two or more of the plurality of participants;
• on any of the one or more digital communication devices comprising the one or more elements:
• receiving a selection of at least one element of the one or more elements from the registered participants;
• designating the at least one element of the selection as confidential by setting a flag associated with the at least one element ON, wherein the at least one element of the selection is confidential when the flag is set ON, and is not confidential when the flag is set OFF, and
• displaying a place holder instead of the content of the at least one element designated as confidential;
• on any of the one or more digital communication devices comprising the at least one element designated as confidential:
• authenticating the registered participants;
• receiving a request to view the content of the at least one element designated as confidential from the plurality of participants;
• and
• displaying, without encoding and/or decoding, the content of the at least one element designated as confidential only to the authenticated registered participants.