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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by quickthrower2 on Thursday May 23, 2019 @01:35AM (#19988800)
The fact that it is criminal, possibly terrorism - prison or worse... might put people off too.
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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by viraptor on Thursday May 23, 2019 @01:51AM (#19988865)
We're already talking in the context of: "subtly sabotage a large city in order to cause financial losses" so if it was beneficial in some way, I'm sure you could pay people off to do it for you. They'd either be aware it's illegal, (break this) or not (pee in this lake for $100).
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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by wolco on Thursday May 23, 2019 @01:57AM (#19988884)
The more people involved the greater the chance to get caught.
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Re:Someone in New York is pulling emergency brakes, destroyi... by onion2k on Thursday May 23, 2019 @01:58AM (#19988891)
That only really affects the amount you'd need to pay to hire people. It doesn't change how hard it would be to sabotage the infrastructure.
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