evil twin

evil twin
a) A duplicate or counterpart of something or someone that acts in a contrary, nefarious, or insidious manner.

As a ploy to discredit the reformist politician, the opposing party had hired a lookalike to act as his evil twin and be seen in a variety of compromising situations.

b) A rogue wireless access point installed near a legitimate one for purposes of eavesdropping or phishing.

...we see the flip side, the evil twin, the dark side of addition. Human nature contains both a thing and its opposite in varying degrees of tension, and so for every plus there is a minus.


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