This goes back to the Greeks, the Eleusinian Mysteries, Egypt, Babylon (ask Joseph Garrell), and recently the Nazis (The Thule Society) and it is an encrusted aberration (possibly genetic) of the intersection between psychology and theology, a gross misinterpretation of ancient beliefs sprinkled with and aided by re-education inside cultic apparatus. The roots of intelligence work and workers and surveillance lie in getting people to think they are in a safe place when they open up the view to someone else of their deep inner secrets or source of shame, this handing the tools for pressure and blackmail and other manipulation to those who know you well. [Facebook and the rest of the Internet work the same way, they just operate at a less-discernible distance and put together the pieces of your puzzle more slowly. All of Weishaupt's students were trained to use ciphers and it was mandatory that they keep intimate diaries that became part of the group's record and process. Weishaupt was involved deeply with the Rothschilds and several adept Communists including Marx and Buonarotti.

3rd oldest profession. Right behind spies and whores.