it’s a bad idea that is only punishing persons who have nothing to do with what you’re trying to stop. as you said, it won’t even bother the actual criminals, s

it’s a bad idea that is only punishing persons who have nothing to do with what you’re trying to stop. as you said, it won’t even bother the actual criminals, so why punish people for actions that are not their own and not under their control? so they rise up and…get killed by an overbearing government? it would even strengthen the governments position likely as well as the will of the hackers and force the nation(s) in question to be even more dependent on their government and fearful of any disruption or protest. information is and must continue to be a fundamental human right, and the internet is information. you basically doom an entire nation (or nations) to try to stop a small group of actors. this is the same thought process that has gotten the US into pointless wars and allowed awful law to be created all in the name of good. making efforts to block the payment systems they use arguably is a more effective approach (which i am not recommending by any means, but if we want to be serious about this and lowering the reward for ransomware, crypto would be a far better target)