There is a kind of counter intelligence tactic that I'm trying to figure out the term for.
Imagine you knew your boss was watching you, but your boss didn't know you were aware of him watching you. So you start acting a certain way to project the image of yourself, as an employee, that you want your boss to see.
What is this called in counter intelligence? I know there's a term, but I cannot remember the name; using secret knowledge of somebody spying on you to further your goals without them realizing.
Sort of an anti-panopticon, you mean?
Kind of, more like the resulting counterattack though, feel like there is a word for this tactic but I cannot remember what the hell it is. I think maybe decoy is the closest thing I've seen so far, but it's still not ringing a bell.
The thing that got me thinking of this is when I was trying to imagine a benevolent version of the US military not acknowledging the Chinese balloon until it was talked about by observers on the ground. I was imagining how, if I was in charge, right when I saw the balloon heading my direction I would inform people on the ground to turn off certain things and turn other things on, to confuse the enemy.
A panopticon is set up to not allow resistance, to not even allow affirmation of being observed.
The trick...ones optics (perceiving) represent the center of everything (perceivable), so others suggest a center for everything (pan-) that isn't oneself. This tempts one to ignore ones perceivable surroundings for attempting to view oneself through the lens of the suggested observer.