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What is the chance that this user has unbacked up data that someone could extort them for $500. Multiply this chance by the proportion who would enable a "go faster" option and then by 1.5 billion computers.

Let us say 20% and 25% * 1.5B. Maybe 75M targets give or take depending on how you want to do the math.



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