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Plano software company ContentGuard on Monday released a mobile application that allows users to control the time in which people can view content they share.

The application, which is available for iPhone users, allows users to select a preset amount of time for which the photos, video, documents and files they share will be viewable. When recipients receive the files, they are constrained to those preset conditions. The current version of the application allows users to set a time limit between one minute and one month.

The software is similar to Snapchat, which allows users to temporarily view photos and messages sent to them and then deletes the content once it’s been viewed.

“This is the year the privacy revolution started,” said Scott Richardson, chief product development officer. “We like to think in five years time, everyone’s going to be doing this.”

ContentGuard was founded in 2000 in Los Angeles as a joint venture between Xeroxand Microsoft. For about its first 12 years, the company focused on providing software and technology for corporations. ContentGuard developed technology that’s built into Microsoft Windows, Xerox products and Nokia handsets.

The company was sold to Time Warnerand Pendrell Corp. in 2011. In summer, ContentGuard relocated from Los Angeles to Plano to have easier access to tech talent and take advantage of the Texas tax breaks. It has eight employees and about 16 contractors.

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