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35 points by thunderbong on Aug 17, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


Also used as a plot point in the most recent season of Der Pass / Pagan Peak.


The digital dead drop. Love it.


It's not a dead drop if you have to log in and everything is recorded, is it?


I can’t find the source, but I think this practice was mentioned in the recent Fulton County, Georgia indictment of former president Trump and his associates. It was also employed extensively by the now-disgraced General Petraeus to facilitate his extramarital affair [1]. It’s a pretty popular tactic used by people who aren’t very wise to the fact that their cleverness does not equate to actual privacy.

[1] https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/petraeus-reportedly-used-d...




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