Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. police records
I have a different take on this to most.<p>We’ll never have perfect security. Secrets can always leak. Almost everyone’s one hack away from being blackmailable.<p>We can minimise the opportunity for blackmail in two ways: better security, <i>and a more liberty-focused society</i> — for example, you can’t be blackmailed for doing weed if nobody cares you did weed. (Same applies to many non-drug laws, but all this will vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction).