There is a site that offers corrupted files (word, excel, powerpoint) for a fee that people can use to pretend like they met a deadline. The idea is that you send this corrupted file to your boss or submit as an assignment. By the time the recipient tries to open the file and finds that it doesn't work, you have had extra time to finish whatever the project was!
Apparently, some college instructors have caught on to this and require a hard copy as well as electronic versions or assignments. So much for a paperless office ever happening when sites like this exist.
I wonder if there is something in the metadata of these files that will identify them -- then the people using these can be punished (late penalties, etc) for trying to work around the system!
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