An old but persistent email scam known as “sextortion” has a new personalized touch: The missives, which claim that malware has captured webcam footage of recipients pleasuring themselves, now include a photo of the target’s home in a bid to make threats about publishing the videos more frightening and convincing.
this is becoming so prevalent that I have to wonder at what point might society think that sextortion has no power over people?
I’m thinking of this as similar to a ransomware blackmail/extortion scam
this could also not come about, just thought to put this quandry out there for people to criticize/comment on
I think the stigma around sex/sexuality is still so prevalent in our society that it will continue to be a big deal. For it to really lose power, the acceptance of sex and open sexuality needs to become ubiquitous in the culture and society.
yeah I can see that being one of the biggest hurdles in order for sextortion to lose the most power
I agree.
With conservatives currently dismantling/disincentivizing sex education in Canada and America, it’s unfortunately not going to happen this year