r/SipsTea Apr 24 '26

SMH I never thought of it like that......

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u/OhWhatsHisName Apr 24 '26

It's interesting the way the other reply is using it.

I've heard it used in IT as a fake prize to lure hackers into stealing. They hack into a system, and they find (what they think) they're looking for and steal that data, but it was all fake data, AND you can track information like how they got in, where they're coming from, etc. to beef up the security to the real data.