[Cboldt]

One form of a dead drop is a shared (could be a “dummy”) email account. One person puts stuff in “their” email account. Another person (using the same logon ID as the owner) comes in and views the material. By the mail server, looks like one person, rather than as passing of information.

[Ann Archy]

Thanks.....Petraeus did a “dead drop” with his “girlfriend.”