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		spideymans on July 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Mac ransomware spreading through piracy A pretty significant chunk of casual computer users really don't give a damn about any of the files on their computer. Especially nowadays, when so much of our files live in the cloud, rather than on local storage. $50 is the most they could reasonably charge, before users would say "screw it" and wipe the HDD (my speculation, of course)

ddrt on July 1, 2020 [–]

In my early years I bricked a few devices playing around. I’ve learned to not get attached to documents.

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