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“Are you Mr. Stern, by chance?” A built man in a black suit asked, standing in front of a black Cadillac. His black sunglasses evenly split M.I.B. and The Matrix.

I’d just stumbled into the daylight after an afternoon meeting near San Francisco’s Union Square. I’d been standing on the sidewalk for a moment, shifting my attention between my notebook, phone, and this man. I’d stolen glances like I was meeting a blind date, wondering if this was my contact but not quite approaching him

I confirmed my identity, and he motioned me over to the sedan. “I’ll be taking you to the drop zone,” he said and then was silent.

A few weeks earlier, FedEx dropped off an unmarked, prepaid mobile phone. The carbon-copy shipping slip gave no origin address or FedEx account number. I called the delivery company and asked for more details, and all they could dig up was the location the phone was picked up. Some place called “Vivendi University” according to the agent. And so the marketing stunt began.

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