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I remember when $EMPLOYER was caught sending all-employee emails with individualized unicode homoglyph watermarks, to try to identify leaks.
by greyface- 1y ago
I remember when $EMPLOYER was caught sending all-employee emails with individualized unicode homoglyph watermarks, to try to identify leaks.
- madars 1y agoFor those unaware of the reference, a famous example was Tesla. HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33621562 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33621562 (Tesla has used space characters in internal emails to identify leaks), see also a general discussion of related techniques: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_trap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_trap