Foldering

Foldering is the practice of communicating via messages saved to the "drafts" folder of an email or other electronic messaging account that is accessible to multiple people.[1][2][3][4] The messages are never sent in the normal way.[1][2][3][4]

Foldering is sometimes described as a digital equivalent of the dead drop.[2]

History

Foldering was reportedly used by al-Qaeda at least as early as 2005,[2] and also by drug cartels.[1]

Notable cases

In 2012, David Petraeus was reported to have used foldering to communicate with Paula Broadwell.[2][5]

In June 2018, Greg Andres cited Paul Manafort's use of foldering as evidence that Manafort engaged in deceptive behaviours.[4]

Foldering was depicted in the movie Traitor (2008).[2]

gollark: W h y , T J 0 8 / 9 ?
gollark: I mean, you can have some for free, don't really want/need their offspring.
gollark: Are you *sure* you don't want some coppers or whatever?
gollark: THREE seawyrms!
gollark: Throw away everything. Seawyrms are the most important thing.

See also

References
  1. "Mueller's team accused Manafort of 'foldering,' a technique used by drug cartels and terrorist groups to secretly communicate".
  2. "Manafort allegedly used "foldering" to hide emails. Here's how it works". 15 June 2018.
  3. "Paul Manafort accused of 'foldering' to hide communications". 16 June 2018.
  4. "Mueller says Manafort used "foldering" as part of his "deception"".
  5. Fisher, Max (12 November 2012). "Here's the e-mail trick Petraeus and Broadwell used to communicate" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
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