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They've been doing that, for decades...
It's hard to get someone to give up that info knowing what's going on.
But you butter someone up about how they're a subject matter expert and how smart they are...
And people can get talked into giving up a bunch of benign info that has a couple pieces of important stuff mixed in.
Once that method stops working, there's a chance the other country will "come clean" and say what the person did was espionage. Then the blackmail starts.
That's why the biggest thing they care about for clearances is: how much shame you have.
Ironically someone who really cares about other's perception of them are going to be the ones roped into this. But if you immediately turn it in as soon as it hits that point, yeah, you fucked up. But chances are even classified shit you already disclosed was already known.
The juicy stuff needs that threat of Leavenworth if you don't give it up.
It's just they're never gonna stop blackmailing you, and the longer it goes on, the more it would suck to be caught. So the more they'll do to avoid it. When that's hanging over someone's head, they stop thinking rationally.
The whole thing is designed to keep them scared shitless in the moment so they stop thinking long term.
Or just talk shit on Warthunder forums
What do you mean I dont know the current nuclear launch codes?!
I'll show you!
Have they changed them from 00000000?
I wish this was just a joke but people are vulnerable to psychology.
Yeah and it's "people" like everyone, not "some people".
The first step is making them emotional, and that can happen to anyone. Even if it's just someone being wrong about something they shouldn't know the right answer to in the first place.
If devs had asked that guy what it was actually supposed to be, he'd probably have known that he can't actually prove it.
But they just guessed and then was dismissive when he tried to correct them, so he just completely and unsolicitedly committed espionage for no personal gain except to win an argument on discord.
People (all of us) do dumb shit when we get emotional. But yeah, that one was notable.