# Anyone ever hide a file in a cake?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hide-a-file-in-a-cake/522056>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 21, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hide-a-file-in-a-cake/522056 "2009-12-21T12:14:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![UncleFred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@UncleFred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleFred)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hide-a-file-in-a-cake/522056/1 "2009-12-21T12:14:11Z")

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It’s a staple of cartoons and stories about people in prison - but did it ever really happen?

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**Author:** ![Bad\_Romance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@Bad\_Romance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Romance)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hide-a-file-in-a-cake/522056/2 "2009-12-21T12:50:03Z")

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here are somethings that have been smuggled… [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/07/prison-smuggling-mirror-co-uk-s-top-ten-best-ways-to-get-things-into-jail-115875-21023420/](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/07/prison-smuggling-mirror-co-uk-s-top-ten-best-ways-to-get-things-into-jail-115875-21023420/)

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hide-a-file-in-a-cake/522056/3 "2009-12-21T12:57:23Z")

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The copy/paste function does not seem to work well on backed goods. I usually hide files in a folder with a boring name, like “Budget 06-07”

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hide-a-file-in-a-cake/522056/4 "2009-12-21T14:30:33Z")

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They do that kind of thing on _Prisoner_ (_Prisoner: Cell Block H_) all the time. Of course not when Vera or Joan are on duty 🙂

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-hide-a-file-in-a-cake/522056/5 "2009-12-21T14:32:07Z")

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> [@DrFidelius](#):
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> The copy/paste function does not seem to work well on \*\*backed \*\*goods. I usually hide files in a folder with a boring name, like “Budget 06-07”

That’s why you should always make a good bake-up of your files.