Many users praise Apple's canary traps with invisible watermarks and fake specs as a brilliant masterclass in OPSEC for catching leakers, while one notes a prior failure allowing post-employment access.
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@TrungTPhan Masterclass in OPSEC. Layering those subtle markers is exactly how you turn a leak into a fingerprint. Classic tradecraft applied perfectly.
@TrungTPhan Damn that watermark thing is crazy subtle, you’d never even notice it. Apple really treats their secrets like Fort Knox fr.
@TrungTPhan that's brilliant, actually. ✓ one pixel change for any image attachment is now a custom skill.md 🦞
@TrungTPhan Apple been playing 4d chess with leakers lol respect the dedication though ngl
@pill_evm @TrungTPhan Well not 4d chess if a leaker was able to login after leaving the company
Just read interesting piece on Apple methods to catch leakers: ▫️Invisible watermarks: Subtle color change for one pixel in image. ▫️Typeface: One letter in memo italicized or different font size. ▫️File names: Slightly different identifiers for a file (“secret_image_467934595.jpg” vs. “secret_image_467934695.jpg”). ▫️Wording/Punctuation: Order of words and placements of commas. ▫️Fake info: Change up details for specs on a product. In spycraft, these tactics for finding leaks is called a “Canary Trap” (Tom Clancy coined the term in the book “Patriot Games” based on his research on the techniques, which long existed). Apple typically combines a few of these Canary Traps so it’s unique to a single employee (and I’m sure other corporates do similar). *** More from 9-to-5 Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/11/how-apple-catches-leakers/
Just read interesting piece on techniques Apple uses to catch leakers: ▫️Invisible watermarks: Subtle color changes for a single pixel in a image. ▫️File names: Slightly different identifiers for a file (“secret_image_467934595.jpg” vs. “secret_image_467934695.jpg”). ▫️Typeface: Single letter in a memo is italicized or font size changed. ▫️Wording/Punctuation: Order of words and placements of commas. ▫️Fake info: Change up details for specs on a product. In spycraft, these tactics for finding leaks is called a “Canary Trap” (Tom Clancy coined the term in the book “Patriot Games” based on his research on the techniques, which long existed). Apple typically combines a few of these Canary Traps so it’s unique to a single employee (and I’m sure other corporates do similar). *** More from 9-to-5 Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/11/how-apple-catches-leakers/
Many users praise Apple's canary traps with invisible watermarks and fake specs as a brilliant masterclass in OPSEC for catching leakers, while one notes a prior failure allowing post-employment access.
Based on 5 visible X reactions from 7 accounts; directional sample.
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Just read interesting piece on Apple methods to catch leakers: ▫️Invisible watermarks: Subtle color change for one pixel in image. ▫️Typeface: One letter in memo italicized or different font size. ▫️File names: Slightly different identifiers for a file (“secret_image_467934595.jpg” vs. “secret_image_467934695.jpg”). ▫️Wording/Punctuation: Order of words and placements of commas. ▫️Fake info: Change up details for specs on a product. In spycraft, these tactics for finding leaks is called a “Canary Trap” (Tom Clancy coined the term in the book “Patriot Games” based on his research on the techniques, which long existed). Apple typically combines a few of these Canary Traps so it’s unique to a single employee (and I’m sure other corporates do similar). *** More from 9-to-5 Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/11/how-apple-catches-leakers/