[briandear]

But the person affected should get the money, not the government.

[jstarfish]

While that's fair, it should actually be the other way around.

Let the government keep the money. They'll be more inclined to actually enforce the law. We see how aggressively they police drugs when they stand to benefit from civil asset forfeiture.

[vtange]

This would incentivize people to dish out private information on insecure platforms for the sole purpose of baiting compensation.