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It's ransom. You do not know if you'll get the files.
by dozzie 11y ago
It's ransom. You do not know if you'll get the files.
- andrewfromx 11y agoso if I pay, why do they ever give files back? Seems always better to just keep the files and keep asking for more money. i.e. replying to spam just tells spammer your email address is valid. Paying ransom just lets ransomer know you have money. Unless there IS an ebay type rating system, why care about your rep?
- dozzie 11y ago> so if I pay, why do they ever give files back? If they won't give you your files back, future victims will know that the files are lost regardless of whether the ransom will be paid or not and this way of extracting money will stop being effective.
- andrewfromx 11y agoha so there's a code? no ransomer _ever_ does that or the whole industry suffers?