live drop

espionage technology

"Live drop" is commonly used in espionage for direct exchanges and in data transfer for offline sharing.

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Definition

C1Espionage

(technical, academic)A method where two individuals meet directly to exchange items or information.

Example

The agents arranged a live drop to hand over the classified documents.

B2Data Exchange

(technical)An offline protocol for sharing information between two devices.

Example

They used a live drop to transfer the sensitive data between the computers.

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