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		iLoveOncall on May 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The push to ban ransom payments is gaining momentu... > So what you're saying is that the criminals could quadruple their demands, and everyone would still pay? No. There's a major psychological difference between paying 1M to criminals to recover your data and 3M to the government, and paying 4M to criminals.

trashtester on May 27, 2024 [–]

If anything, I suspect many company leaders would see the 3M tax as a bigger incentive to refuse to pay than paying those extra 3M to the criminal.

At least the capitalists I've met tend to really HATE taxes.

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