Asymmetric Surveillance & Read Receipts
One side sees everything — dwell time, opens, clicks, file metadata, edit history — and the other sees a portal; the informed side times its moves to what it knows about yours.
An everyday example
A vendor following up minutes after you re-open the pricing page.
What it can cost you
Negotiating against someone who reads your behaviour; leaking intent through metadata.
Warning signs
- They knew what I looked at.
- Their timing is suspiciously good.
One thing to do
Assume shared documents and portals are instrumented; review offline copies, strip metadata, and do not signal urgency through behaviour you cannot see.
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