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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by unclebucknasty on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:57AM (#27131097)
>and a more liberty-focused society — for example, you can’t be blackmailed for doing weed

This just covers the current crop of behaviors we can imagine (e.g. your weed example). But, as long as you have a society, you'll have/need some laws, behavioral norms and a social contract. Violation of any of these would be blackmailable.

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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by DubiousPusher on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:26AM (#27131421)
We're talking about reducing the number of blackmailable situations not eliminating them.

You're arguing we shouldn't put up, "don't feed the bears signs" because some people are going to do it anyway.

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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by unclebucknasty on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:01PM (#27132535)
No. I'm arguing that as long as we have a functioning society, blackmail-able situations are virtually unlimited.
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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by DubiousPusher on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:36AM (#27139126)
Right and you're wrong.
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