The profiles
Each profile follows the same six-part structure: the situation → what it makes probable → the mechanisms that target you → a qualitative exposure table → the defenses that work for you → for your loved ones. Each one is grounded in the sourced demonstrations of The Mathematics of Manipulation rather than inventing new figures.
The senior
Not incompetence — institutional trust, exploited by a world that automated the human contact that built it.
Which? · FDIC 📱The connected teen
Not carelessness — speed. A generation that clicks faster than it doubts.
Roblox · Discord · Instagram · Snapchat 💼The overloaded professional
Not ignorance — automation. A brain processing hundreds of notifications a day can't read each one.
UK Finance · PSR · FTC 🔍The job seeker
Not naivety — hope, combined with an application volume no memory can fully track.
LinkedIn · FTC 💻The freelancer
One phone carrying two lives — yours and your business's.
Gloria Mark · University of Galway 👨👩👧The parent
Coming soon.
✈️The expat
Not isolation — two countries, two administrations, twice as many entry points.
Borrowed Authority · Isolation 🌍The diaspora
A real financial and emotional bridge role, exploited because it's authentic.
Manufactured Urgency · Fabricated BondThe core idea
Scammers don't need to know you. The statistics already do.
Rigor note. This pillar is now nearly complete in English — 7 of 8 profiles, each grounded in the sourced US/UK/Australia/Canada demonstrations of The Mathematics of Manipulation rather than inventing new figures. The parent profile is intentionally held back for coordination with a dedicated upcoming pillar on protecting without surveilling, rather than being published twice. The complete version, with all 8 profiles, exists today in French: Les Profils d'exposition. See our methodology for our sourcing standard. Per our editorial doctrine, a profile describes a statistical situation, never a trait of the person.
Egidio — The Threat Laboratory, "Exposure Profiles: what your situation makes statistically probable", egidio.app/en/laboratoire/exposure-profiles/. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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