Leak Checks

LEAK CHECKS

Leak checks measure the shelf life of a secret.

[Method]

Disseminate a consistent message.

With a credible identity, scrawl one specific, contradictory fact.  Don't repeat the fact.

Monitor channels for references to the fact.

Timestamp.  

Example:  "Secretly I love Brittany Spears"

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This measures the intelligence embargo of a community. (Embargo is used in the context of a press embargo: an agreement among members not to publish until a datetime.)

By placing leak checks, unknown connections among operatives emerge.

[Method]

Scrawl.

Wait for echoes.

The echoes are affinity group links. 

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Operatives who echo make credible introductions.