| Field | Record |
|---|---|
| Author | Michael Zot |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-9194-938X |
| Official OSF DOI | https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/XG82Q |
| PhilPapers / PhilArchive | https://philpapers.org/rec/ZOTDLA |
| NCBI My Bibliography | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1Vch2ALud0Sk3I/bibliography/public/ |
| Zenodo GitHub Archive DOI | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20779751 |
| GitHub Materials Mirror | https://github.com/mikecreation/detection-rule-leakage-trust-camouflage |
This repository mirrors the research materials for Detection-Rule Leakage and Trust Camouflage, a function-over-form framework for studying adversarial adaptation in open-audience mental-health communication.
The project examines a specific failure mode in public abuse-detection education: the same detection rules that help victims, bystanders, clinicians, institutions, and AI systems identify harmful behavior may also teach motivated actors what signals to stop displaying. The framework argues that detection should focus less on trusted language and more on behavioral function over time: repair, accountability, evidence handling, consequences, and repeated pattern.
The official peer-review package and study materials are archived on OSF:
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/XG82Q
The OSF archive should be treated as the canonical citation source. This GitHub repository is a public mirror for easier access, repository inspection, code review, and collaboration.
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This repository includes:
- Main scholarly manuscript
- Trust Camouflage Function Score coding protocol
- H2 preregistration materials
- H2 vignette stimuli
- Qualtrics / jsPsych pilot materials
- TC-LaunderBench materials for LLM rhetorical laundering tests
- TCFS coder sheet and coder instructions
- Inter-rater reliability analysis script
- Empirical validation roadmap
- MIPU reversal cost protocol
- H3 composure credibility protocol
- Literature-gap search materials
- Manifest files
- Optional complete archive: All Research Materials.zip
| Folder / file | Purpose |
|---|---|
Scholarly Manuscript/ |
Main manuscript and related paper files |
TCFS/ |
Trust Camouflage Function Score coding materials |
H2 Pilot/ |
H2 preregistration, vignette, Qualtrics, and jsPsych materials |
H3 Pilot/ |
Composure credibility protocol materials |
TC LaunderBench/ |
LLM rhetorical laundering benchmark materials |
Validation/ |
Validation roadmap and supporting materials |
Literature Gap/ |
Literature-gap search worksheet and related materials |
Admin/ |
Manifest and administrative files |
All Research Materials.zip |
Optional one-click archive of the full package |
CITATION.cff |
GitHub citation metadata |
README.md |
Repository overview |
Detection-Rule Leakage describes the risk that public detection advice can teach two audiences at once: victims learn what to notice, while some harmful actors learn what signs to stop showing.
Trust Camouflage describes the use of socially trusted language, including therapy-speak, boundary language, trauma language, safety language, or accountability language, to appear safe while preserving harmful behavioral function.
The framework argues that language alone is insufficient. The central question is what the communication does over time:
- Does it permit repair?
- Does it preserve accountability?
- Does it keep evidence available?
- Does it allow consequences?
- Does the pattern repeat?
H2 uses a 4-condition design:
- Blunt
- Neutral
- Therapeutic Mild
- Therapeutic Strong
The confirmatory primary contrast is:
Therapeutic Mild < Blunt on Accountability Composite.
Therapeutic Strong is exploratory only and is used for dose-response and ceiling-effect calibration.
This is a pre-validation research package. The Trust Camouflage Function Score coding protocol is not a clinical instrument, diagnostic tool, custody tool, HR tool, or relationship verdict.
The materials are intended for research use, peer review, and controlled empirical testing.
Do not use these materials to train manipulation models, generate interpersonal evasion scripts, create harassment workflows, or build tools that help people avoid accountability.
The intended use is measurement, peer review, controlled research, AI-safety testing, institutional audit design, and empirical validation.
Unless otherwise stated, research materials in this repository are licensed under:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
The materials may be shared and adapted with attribution for noncommercial purposes, provided derivative works use the same license.
Code and analysis scripts may be reused for research and educational purposes with attribution.
Zot, M. (2026). Detection-Rule Leakage and Trust Camouflage: Peer-Review Package, Study Materials, and Validation Roadmap. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/XG82Q
- Official OSF archive: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/XG82Q
- PhilPapers / PhilArchive record: https://philpapers.org/rec/ZOTDLA
- NCBI My Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1Vch2ALud0Sk3I/bibliography/public/
- Zenodo GitHub archive: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20779751