Quote from: xhomerx10 on May 15, 2016, 04:02:21 PM

Quote from: Ultrafinery on May 15, 2016, 03:55:35 PM

Quote from: RoommateAgreement on May 15, 2016, 03:17:55 PM

Quote from: Bannedseller on May 15, 2016, 03:07:34 PM

Have heard that kind of hacking software before, which encrypted all files on my computer, and when my brother have been using the computer (or course carelessly), it is hacked and they demand a 1.2BTC ransom... These are just one more bad news of BTC, and even make my family members have even worse image on bitcoin... And we decided not to pay the coins to the hacker as all important files have been backed up.

Whay do you think?

i am sorry to hear about this.

but thid has nothing to do with bitcoin. it is like any other ransom. it could have been done using fiat just the same way and that wouldn't have changed anybodys view on fiat.

Right. And a mugger could have used a pillow to smother you, but, for reasons that remain a mystery to me, he chose a Glock.

Given that a mugger is someone who attacks and robs a person in a public place, I'd say he was probably hard pressed to find a pillow and you lying conveniently on a surface conducive to smothering.

You mean a Glock is a more practical choice? Not sure I understand what you're trying to say.

Quote from: RoommateAgreement on May 15, 2016, 04:03:29 PM

no, he will use a piano wire. it is more effective!

This one clearly preferred ~~bitcoin~~ a Glock. Neckbeards aren't that good with plano wire, requires actual physical prowess.

Quote from: xhomerx10 on May 15, 2016, 03:59:23 PM

I think that if the hacker had asked for cash, even make your family have a worse image on cash! Then no one work because fear on cash and they all starve because have no cash to buy nothing.

Cash is less practical than assaulting your mugging victim with a pillow, that's the whole point.
How do you think the cash ransom demand would look?
"Please deliver a brown paper bag full of banknotes to apt. 2, 1313 Mockingbird Ln, Cashville, OH?"