Ahh, the perils of ransomware. The 'honeypot' solution is becoming more common in business: procsses which identify suspicious behaviour/code and redirect to a system location that gives the ware the illusion of access but actually delivers malignant code to scupper their tech. First time I've seen a non-corporate user do the same though. Nice!
To your question, of course some people will side with the scammer and cries of "he's just trying to make a living in this big, bad, capitalist world!" are a common way of hiding personal accountability. Typically, such people are associated or identify with such behaviour, for example someone who wouldn't be opposed to taking a shady 'job' if they were forced to in order to provide for their family.
It does raise an interesting point because most modern methods of resource-distribution create criminal activity as a by-product, simply because there either isn't enough to go around or access is controlled. We won't stop that until we can fix all forms of resource deficit.
To your question, of course some people will side with the scammer and cries of "he's just trying to make a living in this big, bad, capitalist world!" are a common way of hiding personal accountability. Typically, such people are associated or identify with such behaviour, for example someone who wouldn't be opposed to taking a shady 'job' if they were forced to in order to provide for their family.
It does raise an interesting point because most modern methods of resource-distribution create criminal activity as a by-product, simply because there either isn't enough to go around or access is controlled. We won't stop that until we can fix all forms of resource deficit.
Sum ergo sum
