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]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Notable cases
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## 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]

## See also

* Dead drop
* Tradecraft

## References

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.
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.
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/.
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/.

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