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Lately I've been curious about blackmail...the idea of someone having leverage so you truly have no choice but to obey is intriguing. I've been playing a dice game on another site that involves possibly revealing your identity and naked pics. I'm entirely too trusting, assuming that most people are decent human beings and will respect limits, not violate others without consent, etc. Most people either don't follow through at all or only ask a few small reasonable tasks before moving on. When I win, I always ask for limits and honestly would probably never actually expose anyone, if for no other reason the people I am exposing them to hasn't consented to receiving their pics....Posting publicly to an exposure site or something is a little different. Anyway, I had a bad, scary experience with this.
I lost this game, and the person demanded a few more pics, fine...but then he found a family member's contact info and demanded a large sum of money. I made it clear that he did not have my consent to contact this person, and that if he did so, I would be able to find and report him and have him charged with extortion. Nevermind the fact that I didn't have the money to send him even if I wanted to. He did not back down, and I blocked him, and fortunately for both of us he hasn't followed through with his threats, but it was still a sickening feeling for a few days wondering if I was going to get an unpleasant call. I actually am better equipped than most people to track someone down who does this sort of thing...having subpoena power and FBI connections are nice, but that still wouldn't undue the initial damage if he were to contact my family (or friends or colleagues), even though it ultimately would have ended much worse for him.
Anyway, it's embarassing that I was so stupid to put myself in that position. Be careful out there, some people don't respect limits or common sense.
I lost this game, and the person demanded a few more pics, fine...but then he found a family member's contact info and demanded a large sum of money. I made it clear that he did not have my consent to contact this person, and that if he did so, I would be able to find and report him and have him charged with extortion. Nevermind the fact that I didn't have the money to send him even if I wanted to. He did not back down, and I blocked him, and fortunately for both of us he hasn't followed through with his threats, but it was still a sickening feeling for a few days wondering if I was going to get an unpleasant call. I actually am better equipped than most people to track someone down who does this sort of thing...having subpoena power and FBI connections are nice, but that still wouldn't undue the initial damage if he were to contact my family (or friends or colleagues), even though it ultimately would have ended much worse for him.
Anyway, it's embarassing that I was so stupid to put myself in that position. Be careful out there, some people don't respect limits or common sense.