Mike's core concern, based on the thread on the Foundation forums, is that Cryptolocker is a serious problem, and because it's such a demonically simple way to extort cash from people, it's going to become a huge problem. There will be many, many copycats soon, and you get enough non-techies getting ripped off and having their first experience with bitcoin this way, and suddenly govs around the world become very hostile to bitcoin[...]
Ransomwares are as old as internet. They've always been around, and they have
no more power than they had before bitcoin.
And even if you are right, Ipsum, can you
PLEASE explain to me how redlisting coins would help fighting CryptoLocker copycats ?
I think it's unlikely the Foundation will end up making coin redlisting/tainting/blacklisting/whatever an official policy
That's a relief. I guess.