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		windowshopping on Aug 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat If there were, the prices to unlock would skyrocket.... Unlike most kinds of insurance, the cost here is not a set thing.... It's arbitrary.

gruez on Aug 3, 2020 [–]

Can't you apply the same logic to regular ransoms? They say life is priceless, but there's clearly a limit. Also, unlike a human lie, there is a substitute for the unlock key... rebuilding your business from scratch.

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