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Making it illegal to pay off hackers makes sense to some, but others say it’s an oversimplistic solution to a complex problem.

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[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago

Banning a thing doesn't make a thing go away.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

People will just be afraid to speak out then

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Sounds like you're just adding insult to injury at that point.

[–] Klicnik@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So we turn it into a "Your loved one dies, or you get sued/sit in prison for a while" thing and really expect people to be more worried about the law? Edited: person to prison. Dang typos.

[–] NESSI3@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago
[–] NotAtWork@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

Great wisdom from the president who nearly died to a pretzel.