Whenever I hear certain advertising on TV/radio, it does remind me of the depicted rackets. If I pay their protection fee, they provide a guarantee that no one will steal my identity.
I don’t know about you, but I remember seeing movies, shows, about organized crime outfits referred to as protection rackets that would insist that businesses pay “protection.” The plain promise was that if they paid, no one would hurt them. The implications were that if they didn’t pay, bad things very well might happen to them.
I’m sorry, but it does cause me to wonder. I have to consider, does the one thing have anything to do with the other? Of course not. No reputable business would do something like that, right?
Regardless, kind of works the same way. If I don’t pay the company, I pay the crooks. Only, truth of the matter is, I could end up paying both. That is to say, if the company is unable to recover my losses, all I have is the guarantee, which is what. Perhaps I get my money back, if that much. Honestly, I know not.
The better solution is to put teeth with the law. You steal my money, regardless of your methods, you go to prison, a long time. Hopefully, you return my money too.
Some would suggest it is senseless and impractical. So which is worse. Someone uses a knife to steal that dollar ninety-eight from me… Or the hacker who uses that computer to steal that million from my bank account. (I only wish I had that much in my account)
Nonetheless, I do believe it is to the benefit of one and all to prevent any kind of crime rather than attempting to recover it after it’s gone. The best way to prevent it is the threat of twenty years in a prison, without TV, radio, or anything resembling a computer.
If you don’t believe it will work, let’s just try it for a little while and see. I say it’s better to pay law enforcement instead of protection rackets.
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