canary trap

canary trap
   a stratagem used to detect those who abstract, copy, and circulate confidential documents
   A way to catch a canary3 who informs political associates or journalists rather than the authorities:
    What about internal security...the project documents?... You mean canary traps?... You use the machine to make subtle alterations in each copy of important papers. (Clancy, 1988)

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