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Comment Re:Backups often won't help (Score 1) 125

Oh good gosh doesn't every admin know this already? Story time, kids. Once upon a time I was the person responsible for everything IT at a 20MM+ company. Was there for 8 years, the worst things that ever happened other than hardware failures was a few times an individual's workstation got compromised. It never spread beyond that device. Monkeyfucker CEO decides he can save money by firing me and hiring a friend-of-a-friend. Welp, about a year later they got hit with ransomware. Backups were unusable, the poor sap spent the next few months rebuilding everything from scratch, then was so burned out he went AWOL. Heard all this from friends that were still there. I am honestly shocked the business survived.

Comment Re: Just like every retailer ever! (Score 1) 31

In many places, there are consumer laws against false advertising. Some even have teeth, and get enforced. The regulations are typically about the legality of advertising discounts, relative to what prices the items were previously listed for, for how long, and how much they actually sold for, before a discount can be legally advertised

I'll take "Places that are not the USA" for 800, Alex.

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