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Out of curiosity, how is paying randomware all that much different from handing a mugger your money? And is it also illegal to pay kidnappers? Honest question.
by RHSeeger 6y ago
Out of curiosity, how is paying randomware all that much different from handing a mugger your money? And is it also illegal to pay kidnappers? Honest question.
- cesarb 6y ago> Out of curiosity, how is paying randomware all that much different from handing a mugger your money? The difference is obvious: not handing the mugger your money is an immediate threat on your life. You won't die just because you didn't pay a ransomware operator. > And is it also illegal to pay kidnappers? The article already answered that: in some countries, it already is. "[...] In response to a wave of kidnappings by organized crime, Italy prohibited ransom payments in 1991. Colombia and Switzerland have also made ransom payments illegal. The Group of Seven has a long-standing policy of refusing to pay ransoms for hostages of terrorist groups."
- bluGill 6y agoIt is illegal to pay kidnappers. Kidnapping isn't nearly as common as it used to be because it is so hard to get money. Though when it happens it is harder to trace because those who would pay don't talk. The same goes for bribing foreign officials. There are exceptions for Fear for your life situations. Which is why paying a mugger is legal.
- tomp 6y agoYou don't actually pay your mugger. Forced consent isn't consent. The mugger steals from you (even if the money was actually "stolen" by your hand, not his/hers).