⚠️ Extreme scenario example:

Commit to the bit

Trick the algorithm

Let's say I'm a guy trying to convince a girl I'm in love with her because I plan to murder her and plead that it was a crime of passion and temporary insanity

I need to hide the fact that it's all meticulously calculated and premeditated

I start liking a bunch of posts about love

I keep posting how in love I am

All of my online activity suggests I'm a straightforward upstanding young gentleman who is mainly in love

Obsessive

But not dangerous

A pattern has been so eloquently established

Not even the algorithm suspects I'm a sociopath

And then I go through with the murder

I get a good lawyer

They use analytics from my digital footprint to help make my case

I win

That is a horrible extreme case of a type of opsec

However, it raises questions... how reliable are these methods?

Is my online activity a reliable source to prove intent?

Is method acting efficient enough to fool man and machine?

How do we even begin to establish a pattern that leads to a conclusion on intent?

What if I'm a spy and monitoring my target's activity for suspicious behavior - to see if I've been made?