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Very much [[Truth in Television]], and something constantly warned about in the armed forces around the world, as you can never tell when the person on the street you are talking to might secretly be an espionage agent.
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]], [[
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." ]])
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== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' has the main character asking a few too many people where the detective's office is, allowing the bad guys to find it.
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Harry Potter (
** Rubeus Hagrid in ''[[Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone]]'' does this several times. Trust him with your life, but not your secrets. The [[Harry Potter (
** Bertha Jorkins in ''[[Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire]]'' is no better at keeping secrets than Hagrid. As Sirius says it once: "She was a bit dim, but she had an excellent memory for gossip. It used to get her into a lot of trouble; [[Too Dumb to Live|she never knew when to keep her mouth shut]]."
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' includes propaganda that's related to the common loose lips sink ships posters. At Helios One, it includes the "telling your wife" scenario, and "telling your drinking buddies", showing the route on how information reaches the Chinese spies.
* ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'': The ''Alliance News Network'' twitter updates on the Reaper invasion of Earth, which included details on where civilians were able to get military protection so they could escape Earth. {{spoiler|Emily Wong}} realized too late that the Reapers had been reading the tweets to find out where the evacuation point was so they could attack it.
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