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Just seems like a boon to intelligence agencies, as it provides a super convenient way to blackmail people. Intercept or steal ID information somehow, and threaten to release information on their porn watching behavior.

There are already scam emails with this basic concept, such as falsely claiming to have video of you watching porn.

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I get those emails. It's too bad the reply-to email address never works. I've tried a couple of times to let them know that it'd be hilarious if they shared my porn watching habits with my friends and family and that to explain that I'd like a copy of any of the videos they supposedly took of me.

I don't present myself as something other than what I am. So, they can't really blackmail me. Life's easier when I don't do anything I'm ashamed of.

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