4 ms·

"Hey Bob, I'm thinking about leaking my email... can I diff it with yours?" The other problem I can see is that there's only 5 or 6 of those points, which woul

by rflrob 16y ago

"Hey Bob, I'm thinking about leaking my email... can I diff it with yours?" The other problem I can see is that there's only 5 or 6 of those points, which would be enough to narrow down the leaker, but not ID them outright. Probably easier (if more evil) to check all the outgoing mail in gmail.

joshu 16y ago
You can also use trailing spaces. I have done this on the past successfully
- michaelhart 16y ago
  But when it's actually leaked and posted, it'll most definitely be trimmed.
  - roel_v 16y ago
    You could use a pattern of one or two spaces after each sentence. Encode an id in that. If text is copy and pasted and not processed with a s/ / /g, that most likely won't be detected by the copy-and-paster (especially when it's all done in a variable width font).
    - roel_v 16y ago
      Looks like HN does remove double spaces, what I meant was obviously s/[space][space]/[space]/g :)
      - modeless 16y ago
        It's not HN, it's a feature of HTML. All whitespace characters (including tabs and newlines) are condensed to a single space, and leading/trailing spaces are removed. So if you have a habit of double-spacing after sentences, HTML simply ignores you, unless you use <pre> or  .
        roel_v 16y ago
        Ah didn't know that. Well that would make the single/double space encoding of an id much harder.
        grncdr 16y ago
        Actually, it makes it more effective if anything. The browser displays it as a single whitespace, but the source isn't altered, (and therefore easily checkable).
        roel_v 16y ago
        Yeah but if a user copy/pastes it from his email client into his blog posting system, the double spaces are stripped, too (I checked it with Firefox, maybe other browsers work differently). It would only work I think if the single/doubles space pattern was preserved across copy/paste operations.
MichaelApproved 16y ago
Or worse, the INcoming mail in gmail.
blueben 16y ago
What is evil about checking corporate mail for corporate mail leaks?

by rflrob 16y ago

joshu 16y ago

You can also use trailing spaces. I have done this on the past successfully

michaelhart 16y ago
But when it's actually leaked and posted, it'll most definitely be trimmed.
- roel_v 16y ago
  You could use a pattern of one or two spaces after each sentence. Encode an id in that. If text is copy and pasted and not processed with a s/ / /g, that most likely won't be detected by the copy-and-paster (especially when it's all done in a variable width font).
  - roel_v 16y ago
    Looks like HN does remove double spaces, what I meant was obviously s/[space][space]/[space]/g :)
    - modeless 16y ago
      It's not HN, it's a feature of HTML. All whitespace characters (including tabs and newlines) are condensed to a single space, and leading/trailing spaces are removed. So if you have a habit of double-spacing after sentences, HTML simply ignores you, unless you use <pre> or  .
      - roel_v 16y ago
        Ah didn't know that. Well that would make the single/double space encoding of an id much harder.
        grncdr 16y ago
        Actually, it makes it more effective if anything. The browser displays it as a single whitespace, but the source isn't altered, (and therefore easily checkable).
        roel_v 16y ago
        Yeah but if a user copy/pastes it from his email client into his blog posting system, the double spaces are stripped, too (I checked it with Firefox, maybe other browsers work differently). It would only work I think if the single/doubles space pattern was preserved across copy/paste operations.

MichaelApproved 16y ago

Or worse, the INcoming mail in gmail.

blueben 16y ago

What is evil about checking corporate mail for corporate mail leaks?