Soyokaze -> RE: how to avoid being blackmailed via webcam chat? (4/3/2012 4:13:26 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Soyokaze Record/document their attempts to black mail you it happens to be illegal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail#United_States It certainly is illegal to blackmail. That won't stop the fact that visual information about the OP is out in the world at large, even if he prosecutes and wins it does not negate the fact that there were probably compromising pictures of the OP on the internet which is what he would like to avoid. It's kind of like the safe call thing. If someone is calling to check on your safety and ascertains that you are indeed hurt or raped, it's kind of beside the point isn't it- the call? Did the call prevent anything? No. I never understood exactly what the safe calls are supposed to do for you after you have encountered a bad situation. The OP suing a party after blackmail has occurred seems secondary to the fact that the information was released and that's the part he'd like to prevent. Yea, that is a problem. I get around it two fold. One, I'm happy with myself. While I don't go around advertising, I also don't care how much any given person happens to know about me. Two, I'm fine with scorched earth. If someone wants to harm my life in some way, I care a lot more about harming them back than protecting myself. Kind of hoping that'd be a deterrent, but I have the first point to fall back on if it isn't : p On the safe call thing, it's useless in a lot of situations, but it could be good in a couple. Like if he decided to tie you to a radiator and keep you forever regardless of your wishes... Granted, I've never personally set up safe calls for myself either.
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