 Ultimately, their goal is to make people dependent and obedient. Before the 24-7 world of smartphones and the Internet, cult leaders would physically isolate members in order to control all aspects of their lives, their behavior, information, thoughts, and emotions, or what we call the bite model of indoctrination, B-I-T-E. But physical isolation is not always necessary for indoctrination to occur. Through the media and the Internet, people can be indoctrinated and even recruited on their smartphones or in their own homes.