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Completely this. As someone who was profiled and eventually experienced an attempted-blackmailed by a company in India (employer details gained among other thi
by XJOKOLAT 10y ago
Completely this.
As someone who was profiled and eventually experienced an attempted-blackmailed by a company in India (employer details gained among other things) - everything seems inconsequential ("I've done nothing wrong"), until it is used, abused (and lies added to) to threaten you.
It doesn't matter whether things are true or not. What matters is, when someone gains details about you, the story and lies they can spin. The cost, distress, and difficulty in trying to resolve and take control of the story can be incredible.
Your personal details should remain just that.
Don't be complacent.
- lliiffee 10y agoWould you mind sharing any more details about the attempted blackmail?
- chillwaves 10y agoNice try, blackmailer.
- Kadin 10y ago> experienced an attempted-blackmailed by a company in India Is this a well-known thing? I haven't heard of it before. Is there some sort of common pattern that such attacks follow? (E.g. most phishing attacks seem to be categorizable, following a number of set patterns, because the people who do them basically try to run the same attack against a lot of people at once to get one or two victims. Is this similar, or is it a matter of individual targeting?)