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Tweaking your victim profile

The Netflix movie – The Accused was so intensely accurate in terms of what has happened and could indeed happen again to someone being wrongfully accused via our glorious social media ecosystem.

I had to stop watching it halfway through just to analyse the touch points (spoiler alert) –

Reading classification – personal threat, injury detail, discrimination, suicide

The victim profile

Threat / eventPossible risk counter measures
High number of followers 200+Do you know all these people?
Open profile – public access to personal data, followers, posts etcLimited how unknowns can tag you
Connected family and friend’s profiles are open and contain meta data such as location details, home address etcLimited how unknowns can map your relationships
Phone location services openTurn off when no Apps not in use
Images taken by 3rd party in public revealing locationTough one to tackle as people are always snapping
CCTV data mapped with social mediaAlmost impossible to hide
Monitoring a hashtag in real timeNo real reason to do this unless you are actually going to react
Online rumour pushed as factResponse to accusations in real time by key social media channels, put out a pubic statement, engage a legal advisor.
Online threat to life reported by phoneReport online and get a crime number
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) data used to compile and share personal data on public forums anonymously.Check yourself to see what you are sharing publicly
Sometimes you just need to help yourself
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Check for collision with player

    if (
        player_x < enemy[0] < player_x + player_size
        and player_y < enemy[1] < player_y + player_size
    ):
        pygame.quit()
        sys.exit()

    # Remove enemies that go off-screen
    if enemy[1] > HEIGHT:
        enemies.remove(enemy)

Life would be so much simpler if it was possible to kill off your bad emotions this way.

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Leave me the f*$k Alone in the Dark

Like a busy buzzing bee, I’m drifting around trying to settle back into my gaming grove. Firstly finding a “safe” place to get my game on is tricky. A clean, spacious area with no interruptions would be bliss.

Naturally, some titles are just not right to play at the moment…Green Hell (now deleted) seems to mirror life too much as I struggle with odd continuous physical ailments. Division Survival (now deleted) is really empty and my usual running mates are nowhere to be seen online.

Looks like solo game runs are going to be the thing to do as I’m only done with 20% of Ghost of Tsushima. Extremities have forced me to tackle a 2 hour return train journey to get game time but it’s not working as I’m constantly interrupted and the game play quality is very poor.

In the meantime, my writing quality has gradually got worst.

My writing quality is taking a nose dive…time to pump up the volume on my brain

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My fault? ….really?

Like a sponge, I absorb all the things that are wrong in a situation. I become accountable by default and cannot shift the responsibility even though there are so many things clearly out of my influence. It’s a flawed personal trait which constantly damages me.

It’s amplified when I try to assist. Sometimes, I can find a solution and all is well but mostly things fall flat bringing me with it.

Solution: Normally, I’d dive into Div 1 or something and go shoot things in the face but for now the best is Isolation Mode with near zero human interaction.

Result: 12 hours later: Emotional state restored

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When was the last time you felt needed $$$$?

The formula for an emotional exploit has been around for centuries and is still pretty effective. 

  • Basic step-up question: Do you Love me? 
  • Basic exploit question: Can you send me some money?
  • Decision 1: Say No and expect the “You don’t really Love me ” comment
  • Decision 2: Say Yes and know that you are betraying yourself as a sucker

The strategy to just to create time pressured confused and emotional conflict. This makes it tough for the target to make a rational decision, in fact the wrong decision will often seem like the absolbute right and justified thing to do.

Exploiters with finesse blend their attack with subtle time pressure and set-up friendly history and established heartfelt trust where they have actually given money to the target.

Honey trap or tasty treat?