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JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 9:34 PM1 replyview on HN

> does ransomware fall on that trauma scale?

Idk. That’s a step (sentencing guidelines) after we decide it should be criminalized.

> The maximum sentence is less than mugging after all..

They’re in the same ballpark, 2 to 6 years or so.


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nathanmillsyesterday at 9:41 PM

> That’s a step (sentencing guidelines) after we decide it should be criminalized.

You decide it should be criminalized before you identify any harms?

> They’re in the same ballpark, 2 to 6 years or so.

You can just look it up. Maximum sentence for mugging is 30 years, ransomware is 20.

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