The difference is that if you 'lose', all your previous victories change to losses as well, as all the images you've released that were previously impervious are now fair game.
That still doesn't mean it's worse than not doing anything at all.
Fair enough. I'd argue that in this case the winning move is not to make the potential liability of the data available.
As an 'arms race', the outcomes are very unbalanced.
it does mean doing the wrong this is worse than doing nothing. See: opportunity cost.
Legitimate point.
In the long run, you are dead, at which point you probably don't care as much.
It may, depending on the resources required. The thing about arms races is that they can easily impoverish everyone involved for no ultimate gain relative to one another.
Not necessarily. The phrase "buy some time" springs to mind. By the time your previous "wins" become "losses" it may not matter anymore.