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They might take off-site backups a bit more seriously if it is made illegal to pay the ransom. I don't think it will have any effect on privacy. The hackers sa
by cpncrunch 6y ago
They might take off-site backups a bit more seriously if it is made illegal to pay the ransom.
I don't think it will have any effect on privacy. The hackers say they will delete the data, but how can you trust them?
- ryandrake 6y agoRight, today the logic is: If the risk-adjusted cost of a ransom is less than the cost of implementing proper backups, then it makes sense to just not do backups. If paying ransom was illegal, maybe they'd actually invest in those backups.
- UncleEntity 6y ago> If the risk-adjusted cost of a ransom is less than the cost of implementing proper backups, then it makes sense to just not do backups. Then again you have people who do it just for the lulz (err...meows?) -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23957510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23957510