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What is Sexspionage?

Voltaire believed that illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Edgar Allan Poe has said that that the purest pleasure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived from the contemplation of the beautiful.

Beauty, intelligence, and other characteristics, form our impression of a person and the assumptions we make.

A cognitive bias leads us to find excuses when we break the rules for a person we like.

People engage in sexual activity to feel alive, to feel desirable or attractive, to achieve closeness.

People often love their country and their spouse or partner, but they have also fantasies that are negative and destructive.

There have fantasies linked to a desire to give up control, or to break free from the constraints that society places on them.

They may want to be dominated, to feel some form of pain, to have sex with a stranger, a prostitute or a stripper, to be photographed or filmed.

Intelligence agencies love fantasies that involve illegal or socially unacceptable behaviour, like child sexual abuse.

Their target becomes very vulnerable to a suitable mix of blackmail and bribery.

Illusion management and the expectations of pleasure are core tools, so they are managing sex as a commodity.

They are weaponizing intimate personal attachments, and they are training handsome men and beautiful women to exploit weaknesses and passion.

Spies learn that sexual desire involves biology and psychology, and exploit the interplay of biological factors such as neurohormones, and psychological factors such as emotions.

The release of neurochemicals such as oxytocin and dopamine can play strange games, not only to lonely persons, but also to everyone that dreams a great intimate relationship.

There are some easy targets, like sex addicted persons and lonely persons, and spies know how to identify them.

Sex addiction and hypersexuality refers to constant sexual thoughts and desires, an excessive, sometimes pathological interest in sex.

This is quite similar to the addiction to alcohol, opioids, or stimulants.

People that feel an overwhelming compulsion fight an uphill battle to take control of something that’s on autopilot.

Emotional stress, too overwhelming to address it, is often the root of addictive behavior.

Spies can create scenarios that lead to emotional stress, to lead their targets to addictive behavior.

So, what can we do in the private sector?

On the negative side, there is no consensus on how sexual desires and practices should be evaluated in an information security or even national security context.

On the positive side, persons with authorised access to sensitive information are better protected when they understand how adversaries use intimacy, romance, and seduction for espionage.

Of course, we need more, like preventive and detective controls, segregation of duties, the need-to-know principle, the least privilege principle, and good monitoring.

But what about sexual behavior that leads to criminal behaviour, when it is compulsive or out of control, or indicates a personality disorder or broader emotional problems?

To read more:
https://www.sexspionage.ch

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