Without Turing, there would be no Internet today. He was found in a public bathroom with a man, and the public condemnation was so great that he was driven to take his own life. Oh, but we say, being gay is now cool. If only that had been so then.
Public opinion is manipulable.
Anybody in the world can become a target of a Dead Agent campaign, successfully, if they are selected by an Organisation. Everybody has flaws and vulnerable areas. Those who claim to be Perfect are hiding something. All it requires is for them to be selected as a target. As it stands, the vast majority of people appear to be as ignorant about what this is all about, as they were 40 years ago.