Disc BRAKE issuE- loosing pressure BUT WHERE>?

Before dealership service dept' I worked for a tire/auto service center. Looking for tell tale signs on backing plates, inside wheels, streaks on back of tires, became a habit.
Peek under the back of a customers car and say, "you have a wheel cylinder leaking here". And their response was often, "How can you tell ?"

Tell tales for me have been streaks on the inside tire sidewall and smoke when braking. LOL