In 35 years of punting I have never been threatened with blackmail, I can't remember NIK ever being blackmailed either.
As I said, it is VERY, VERY rare.
You have more chance of getting run over by a bus.
Let's not forget tens of thousands of punts take place week after week.
As getting run over by a bus is rare, would you also suggest people who look both ways when crossing the road are paranoid? Perhaps it's because people take precautions not to be run over by a bus that it's such a rare event?
To prossies, and the vast majority of us probably take sensible precautions. If we didn't, blackmail and outings would likely occur with much greater frequency.
The vast majority of such events go unreported, so it's difficult to comment on their occurrence, but even so we still see example after example on here.
Even if it is rare, the consequences are huge and far reaching.
This thread is yet another example to punters to be ever vigilant with their personal details