Lets use a gun to kill a fly?
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someone sent me this article. Ban Cryptocurrency to Fight Ransomware - WSJ[^] All I can think about is. So lets ban something because we don't like it just because we know some bad people are using it. First off the bad actors will find another method of payment. Grand Caymens etc... Second off there are legitimate uses for Crypto that would be killed. I am not a huge fan of crypto currencies but seriously this just seems like rubbish to me. Thoughts?
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someone sent me this article. Ban Cryptocurrency to Fight Ransomware - WSJ[^] All I can think about is. So lets ban something because we don't like it just because we know some bad people are using it. First off the bad actors will find another method of payment. Grand Caymens etc... Second off there are legitimate uses for Crypto that would be killed. I am not a huge fan of crypto currencies but seriously this just seems like rubbish to me. Thoughts?
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someone sent me this article. Ban Cryptocurrency to Fight Ransomware - WSJ[^] All I can think about is. So lets ban something because we don't like it just because we know some bad people are using it. First off the bad actors will find another method of payment. Grand Caymens etc... Second off there are legitimate uses for Crypto that would be killed. I am not a huge fan of crypto currencies but seriously this just seems like rubbish to me. Thoughts?
It is my opinion that people often call for bans on things they don't understand and/or are afraid of. People also have a tendency to not like what they do not understand. Fear and lack of understanding is probably due mostly to lack of education on said topic/subject. In this case, crypto currencies.
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It is my opinion that people often call for bans on things they don't understand and/or are afraid of. People also have a tendency to not like what they do not understand. Fear and lack of understanding is probably due mostly to lack of education on said topic/subject. In this case, crypto currencies.
People fear what don't understand, hate what they are afraid of and destroy what they hate...
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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someone sent me this article. Ban Cryptocurrency to Fight Ransomware - WSJ[^] All I can think about is. So lets ban something because we don't like it just because we know some bad people are using it. First off the bad actors will find another method of payment. Grand Caymens etc... Second off there are legitimate uses for Crypto that would be killed. I am not a huge fan of crypto currencies but seriously this just seems like rubbish to me. Thoughts?
Seems like, some time back, they decided to save lives on the highway by banning speeding.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Seems like, some time back, they decided to save lives on the highway by banning speeding.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
more like speed limits. you are still speeding. but I get your point.
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Seems like, some time back, they decided to save lives on the highway by banning speeding.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
Penny ante and mostly about revenue. They also banned drugs and guns. But to paraphrase this post[^] from a couple of days ago, markets find a way.
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Penny ante and mostly about revenue. They also banned drugs and guns. But to paraphrase this post[^] from a couple of days ago, markets find a way.
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.I have been involved in the recovery from ransomware 4 times. 2 were serious. The first was some 4 or so years ago. The ransom demand was via credit card, not sure anyone had heard of bitcoin yet. They "only" encrypted data files. Don't recall any dingbat journalist suggesting that credit cards be banned. A couple of years later, another one I helped with took down a domain controller with Exchange. Both clients had air gaped backups less than 2 days old. Both triggered via email, one exchange the other yahoo mail. Both clients maintain strict PCI compliance, no CC info can be retained. Costs money. Causes headaches. Provides income to IT contractors.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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someone sent me this article. Ban Cryptocurrency to Fight Ransomware - WSJ[^] All I can think about is. So lets ban something because we don't like it just because we know some bad people are using it. First off the bad actors will find another method of payment. Grand Caymens etc... Second off there are legitimate uses for Crypto that would be killed. I am not a huge fan of crypto currencies but seriously this just seems like rubbish to me. Thoughts?
Thoughts? "There is no connection between crime and thinking you can get away with it". That's your theory.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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I have been involved in the recovery from ransomware 4 times. 2 were serious. The first was some 4 or so years ago. The ransom demand was via credit card, not sure anyone had heard of bitcoin yet. They "only" encrypted data files. Don't recall any dingbat journalist suggesting that credit cards be banned. A couple of years later, another one I helped with took down a domain controller with Exchange. Both clients had air gaped backups less than 2 days old. Both triggered via email, one exchange the other yahoo mail. Both clients maintain strict PCI compliance, no CC info can be retained. Costs money. Causes headaches. Provides income to IT contractors.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
theoldfool wrote:
Both triggered via email
Did they subsequently campaign to ban e-mail? I could get on board with that!
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theoldfool wrote:
Both triggered via email
Did they subsequently campaign to ban e-mail? I could get on board with that!
If it wasn't for spam and my daily briefing from Cortana, I wouldn't get much email. Come to think of it ....
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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someone sent me this article. Ban Cryptocurrency to Fight Ransomware - WSJ[^] All I can think about is. So lets ban something because we don't like it just because we know some bad people are using it. First off the bad actors will find another method of payment. Grand Caymens etc... Second off there are legitimate uses for Crypto that would be killed. I am not a huge fan of crypto currencies but seriously this just seems like rubbish to me. Thoughts?
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It is my opinion that people often call for bans on things they don't understand and/or are afraid of. People also have a tendency to not like what they do not understand. Fear and lack of understanding is probably due mostly to lack of education on said topic/subject. In this case, crypto currencies.
I put people that call for bans in the same group that call for "class action" lawsuits for everything. Most people don't realize that a class action suit lets the company pay a lot less overall, and only the primary plaintiff and the lawyers get any real payout. It costs a company a lot more to deal with thousands of "small claims" cases than one "class action" case. In the case of people calling for bans, all they are doing is drumming up free advertising for the people they want banned. Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.
