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> recorded <..> watching porn What a damning position to be in, in 2019.

newsgremlin 8y ago
Unless it's a black mirror twist. Next thing you're following some trolls orders to kill people to conceal your dark secret
- thefreeman 8y ago
  yea, umm.... that wasn't regular porn he was watching
  - chucksmash 8y ago
    Just watched this episode. I didn't take that "revelation" at the end to mean he actually did that. Saw it as just the final "lulz" move in the trolling. As an embellishment by the trolls, it would probably move any authority figures from a position of "let's figure out who got this dumb kid mixed up in these terrible things" to stony indifference and something closer to "serves him right." It also alienates him from his family so he has nobody in his corner any more. Consider your own reaction as a viewer. Think about the other person who was involved in the last task of the episode. Did you feel any sympathy for him?
    - vokep 8y ago
      You're saying he was just watching normal porn? I remember specifically thinking "well, embarrassing sure, but everybody does it, oh well" Why rob a bank just for some embarrassment?
      - chucksmash 8y ago
        I don't think he would have if the older guy with more at stake hadn't been there to pressure/manipulate him into it.
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  - newsgremlin 8y ago
    That's what I'm alluding to
brazzy 8y ago
Well... https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/we-know https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/we-know
ceejayoz 8y ago
Email a million addresses and you'll wind up hitting a few who've been browsing child porn, or something they'd find highly embarrassing if their parents/spouse/SO found out. As with other scams that can be initiated at scale, you don't need a 50% conversion rate. 0.01% probably suits just fine.
- ascar 8y ago
  A conversion rate of 0.01% on 700 million addresses and a ~$1000 demand makes you 70million dollar. That's a lot of money for just sending 700 million emails.
  - throwanem 8y ago
    Probably a couple orders of magnitude high, too. One in ten thousand? I doubt that many make it through people's spam filters.
heurist 8y ago
I think among younger people watching porn is a given. It's ubiquitous, especially as production of pornographic media has exploded in the last decade. People post their nude selfies online for fun and seem to be fine. I've seen people I know post their photos on their personal Instagrams. At some point there must be diminishing returns for would-be blackmailers.
lozaning 8y ago
Right!? If some random unknown contact sends me a salacious video of one of my actual contacts, my one and only question is to the unknown contact asking why they're sending this to me.
- bena 8y ago
  "Yes, I'm aware he jerks it, we all do. Doesn't mean I want to watch him box the bishop."

Unless it's a black mirror twist. Next thing you're following some trolls orders to kill people to conceal your dark secret

thefreeman 8y ago
yea, umm.... that wasn't regular porn he was watching
- chucksmash 8y ago
  Just watched this episode. I didn't take that "revelation" at the end to mean he actually did that. Saw it as just the final "lulz" move in the trolling. As an embellishment by the trolls, it would probably move any authority figures from a position of "let's figure out who got this dumb kid mixed up in these terrible things" to stony indifference and something closer to "serves him right." It also alienates him from his family so he has nobody in his corner any more. Consider your own reaction as a viewer. Think about the other person who was involved in the last task of the episode. Did you feel any sympathy for him?
  - vokep 8y ago
    You're saying he was just watching normal porn? I remember specifically thinking "well, embarrassing sure, but everybody does it, oh well" Why rob a bank just for some embarrassment?
    - chucksmash 8y ago
      I don't think he would have if the older guy with more at stake hadn't been there to pressure/manipulate him into it.
- deleted 8y ago
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- newsgremlin 8y ago
  That's what I'm alluding to

brazzy 8y ago

Well... https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/we-know https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/we-know

ceejayoz 8y ago

Email a million addresses and you'll wind up hitting a few who've been browsing child porn, or something they'd find highly embarrassing if their parents/spouse/SO found out. As with other scams that can be initiated at scale, you don't need a 50% conversion rate. 0.01% probably suits just fine.

ascar 8y ago
A conversion rate of 0.01% on 700 million addresses and a ~$1000 demand makes you 70million dollar. That's a lot of money for just sending 700 million emails.
- throwanem 8y ago
  Probably a couple orders of magnitude high, too. One in ten thousand? I doubt that many make it through people's spam filters.

heurist 8y ago

I think among younger people watching porn is a given. It's ubiquitous, especially as production of pornographic media has exploded in the last decade. People post their nude selfies online for fun and seem to be fine. I've seen people I know post their photos on their personal Instagrams. At some point there must be diminishing returns for would-be blackmailers.

lozaning 8y ago

Right!? If some random unknown contact sends me a salacious video of one of my actual contacts, my one and only question is to the unknown contact asking why they're sending this to me.

bena 8y ago
"Yes, I'm aware he jerks it, we all do. Doesn't mean I want to watch him box the bishop."