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It is a dumb thing to do because the FBI (and other in-country equivalents) will be posting their own messages looking for such people. For that matter I expect the big fortune-1000 type companies will troll these as well looking for people to fire for cause.

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I do know some companies pay to occasionally phish their own employees. I think (hope) it’s mainly used for training. But I wouldn’t be surprised if there are teams dedicated to this sort of effort. Would it be illegal?

My company does for training. In this case though they would be targeting someone who is taking action to be bad, as opposed to someone who might make a mistake.

Ask a lawyer what is legal.

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