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However, recent changes in technology may be countering those forces, as kompromat has gotten easier to collect and distribute.
The book -- which contains a helpful chart of four main types of kompromat: political, economic, criminal and private -- traces the term's origins to 1930s secret-police jargon.
Kompromat can also involve morally compromising information.