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How Elon Musk caught the rat leaking company information


I believe it's incredibly fantastic that Elon Musk said he was able to catch an employee in 2008 who was leaking corporate information to the public with a simple approach.

In a series of tweets, Mr. Musk explained to his fans how he actually discovered the informant.

When the plan was in place, the business sent its regular emails to the employees while also including codes in every message.

There was no way anyone could detect that the emails were different, even though they all appeared to be the same.

The clever move was straightforward; each email contained one or two spaces between words, creating a binary signature that revealed the identity of the leaker.

A genius move by all standards!

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