Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. police records
I have a different take on this to most.We’ll never have perfect security. Secrets can always leak. Almost everyone’s one hack away from being blackmailable.We can minimise the opportunity for blackmail in two ways: better security, and a more liberty-focused society — 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).