Sextortion Scams Now Include Photos of Your Home – Krebs on Security
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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.

  • recursive_recursion [they/them]AEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I think the stigma around sex/sexuality is still so prevalent in our society that it will continue to be a big deal.

    yeah I can see that being one of the biggest hurdles in order for sextortion to lose the most power

    For it to really lose power, the acceptance of sex and open sexuality needs to become ubiquitous in the culture and society.

    I agree.

    With conservatives currently dismantling/disincentivizing sex education in Canada and America, it’s unfortunately not going to happen this year