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--- hazards:agent-provocateurs [2024/07/06 04:24] – [Agents in Military History] Humphrey Boa-Gart
+++ hazards:agent-provocateurs [2024/10/03 09:18] (current) – [Agent Provocateurs] Humphrey Boa-Gart
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 **Phase One:** They first infiltrate a group //(activists, labor union, infosec team, religious body, etc)//, putting on the **guise of a supporter** long enough to be able to move freely within the group. At a rally, this can be as simple as walking up to the frontline with a sign, and hanging around for 10 minutes. With other groups, it may take months //(or years)// of infiltration work to get into position.
-**Phase Two:** Once inside enough to pass as a member of the group, the agent provocateur then attempts to bait the group into behaving counter to its interests. Going back to the rally example, the provocateur might start trying to bait the crowd into violent actions. In these cases, the provocateur is oftentimes a member of [[hazards:law enforcement]], trying to create pretext to "lawfully retaliate" against the crowd. The provocateur, under the guise of a [[tactics:catfishing|personal confidante]], might try to trick you into implicating yourself and your comrades as part of an illegal conspiracy, as a form of [[tactics:lawfare]]. Or the provocateur, in a corporate setting, might try to encourage a sellout to their chief competitor.
+**Phase Two:** Once inside enough to pass as a member of the group, the agent provocateur then attempts to bait the group into behaving counter to its interests. The agent may use [[tactics:concern trolling]] to weaken morale, or send the group on a [[hazards:red herring|wild goose chase]]. Going back to the rally example, the provocateur might start trying to bait the crowd into violent actions. In these cases, the provocateur is oftentimes a member of [[hazards:law enforcement]], trying to create pretext to "lawfully retaliate" against the crowd. The provocateur, under the guise of a [[tactics:catfishing|personal confidante]], might try to trick you into implicating yourself and your comrades as part of an illegal conspiracy, as a form of [[tactics:lawfare]]. Or the provocateur, in a corporate setting, might try to encourage a sellout to their chief competitor.
 There are many forms the provocateur can take, but their tactic is the same: **To provoke you and those around you into doing things that are guaranteed to come back and bite you in the ass.**
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 These types of illegal entrapment operations have made it near-impossible for AnonOps to get work done, and act as a perpetual drain on morale. The provocateurs come from civilian backgrounds as well. Criminal [[hazards:rats|informants]] looking for immunity are known to pull these types of charades. Even [[hazards:bunny boilers]] are getting in on the provocateur act to augment their [[tactics:swatting]] routines.
-**Sadly, Anonymous has tragically lost the ability to recognize agent provocateurs on the field.** Sociological studies by this Institute indicate that only a fraction of Anons have kept up with the many mutations made by the agent provocateur, leaving AnonOps with a perpetual [[hazards:achilles-heel|Achilles' Heel]] on the modern battlefield.
+**Sadly, Anonymous has tragically lost the ability to recognize agent provocateurs on the field.** Sociological studies by this Institute indicate that only a tiny fraction of Anons have kept up with the many mutations made by the agent provocateur, leaving AnonOps with a perpetual [[hazards:achilles-heel|Achilles' Heel]] on the modern battlefield.
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