Foldering

Short description: Digital communication technique

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

Foldering has been described as a digital equivalent of a dead drop.^[2]

History

Foldering was reportedly used by al-Qaeda at least as early as 2005^[2] and it has also been used 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]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Mueller's team accused Manafort of 'foldering,' a technique used by drug cartels and terrorist groups to secretly communicate". http://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-accuses-manafort-of-foldering-to-secretly-communicate-2018-6?op=1.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 "Manafort allegedly used “foldering” to hide emails. Here’s how it works". 15 June 2018. https://www.fastcompany.com/40586130/manafort-allegedly-used-foldering-to-hide-emails-heres-how-it-works.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Paul Manafort accused of 'foldering' to hide communications". 16 June 2018. https://www.grahamcluley.com/paul-manafort-accused-of-foldering-to-hide-communications/.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "Mueller says Manafort used "foldering" as part of his "deception"". https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/robert-mueller-paul-manafort-used-foldering-deception/.
↑ Fisher, Max (12 November 2012). "Here’s the e-mail trick Petraeus and Broadwell used to communicate". https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/12/heres-the-e-mail-trick-petraeus-and-broadwell-used-to-communicate/.

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[businessinsider-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Mueller's team accused Manafort of 'foldering,' a technique used by drug cartels and terrorist groups to secretly communicate". http://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-accuses-manafort-of-foldering-to-secretly-communicate-2018-6?op=1.

[fastcompany-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 "Manafort allegedly used “foldering” to hide emails. Here’s how it works". 15 June 2018. https://www.fastcompany.com/40586130/manafort-allegedly-used-foldering-to-hide-emails-heres-how-it-works.

[grahamcluley-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Paul Manafort accused of 'foldering' to hide communications". 16 June 2018. https://www.grahamcluley.com/paul-manafort-accused-of-foldering-to-hide-communications/.

[motherjones-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "Mueller says Manafort used "foldering" as part of his "deception"". https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/robert-mueller-paul-manafort-used-foldering-deception/.

[5] Fisher, Max (12 November 2012). "Here’s the e-mail trick Petraeus and Broadwell used to communicate". https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/12/heres-the-e-mail-trick-petraeus-and-broadwell-used-to-communicate/.

Foldering

Contents

History

Notable cases

See also

References