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Bing Bing Bing!!! We have a winner!

Legalized them, the FBI has to pay them for you, you have to give them 3x the cost of the payment. 1x to payment. 1x to finding people who committed the crime 1x to pay off everyone impacted.

Increasing the cost of not being secure is the only way the problem will be addressed.

How far do we take that? Adding layers and layers of security isn’t free, and it’s often at the expense of productivity, and if taken far enough, the profitability and viability of a business.

What’s the right percentage of the economy to sacrifice to (maybe) stop one kind of crime?

Most ransomware don't need that much layers of security to be stopped. And even without them, backups go a long way to mitigate the damages.

An unreasonably vulnerable business shouldn’t be considered a viable business.

Define "unreasonable".

Just balance it with the risk of ransomware.

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