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by justsaysmthng 3657 days ago
Good, now I'm going to be even more paranoid typing

` npm install `

` pod install `

And the likes.

You know, third party services which we wholeheartedly trust and let them execute whatever they download from github on our development machines.

Ransomware is very close to being a perfect crime and I don't see why people would ever stop doing it.

Expect it to become really widespread and evolved.

That being said, if you are developing and deploying ransomware, then you are doing a very wrong thing, spiritually.

You may not believe in karma, because it's convenient to you, but the message from our ancestors has always been this - all the shit that you cause in life is going to come back to you OR your children in one form or another - multiplied. So just don't.

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all the shit that you cause in life is going to come back to you OR your children in one form or another - multiplied.

Almost all worldviews share a similar idea, but that does not make it a proven fact. Ultimately, they are all premised on a omniscient and vindictive entity (either explicitly or implicitly). I'm of the opinion that these views originate more from a desire to soothe victims than to discourage offenders.

We should do better than vague threats to improve society.