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{{quote|''Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.''|'''[[Benjamin Franklin]]'''}}
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Due to the fact that [[Technology Marches On]], it's even easier than ever to get people killed by running your mouth off, thanks to websites such as [[Live Journal]], [[Facebook]], [[TV Tropes]], and [[That Other Wiki]]. Always beware that when you talk about something that is privileged or secret, you might as well be standing on a roof top with a big sign and a megaphone.
A real danger, even if you don't live in a [[City of Spies]], particularly if you unwittingly work near [[The Mole]] or are the target of a [[Honey Trap]] (A warning commonly given to members of the military when they are going out into town: [[The Schlub Pub Seduction Deduction|"If a girl acts interested in you, and if you're ugly, then it's a trick."
When this is subverted, it can become [[Feed the Mole]].
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== Live-Action TV ==
* An episode of ''[[ER]]'' has two nurses talking about the two children of a patient who had been in an accident comforting each other... which ended up leading to [[Brother-Sister Incest]]. Unfortunately, they unknowingly were walking past the patient's husband, leading to a near-shooting incident (the father managed to calm himself down and came clean about what he had nearly done). The doctors were not pleased about the violation of Patient-Doctor Confidentiality and the incident it nearly caused.
* Barbra Jean from ''[[Reba]]'' has this reputation, and for good reason. Throughout the series, she's blabbed out things quite a few times, such as telling Reba's eldest daughter and son-in-law about her youngest daughter's decision to move in with Reba's ex-
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