If data hijackers can hide our data from us, then why can't we hide data it from them?

CAMBRIDGE – Ransomware – a type of malicious software that restricts access to a computer system until a ransom is paid – is not a good look for cryptocurrencies. Proponents of these digital coins would rather point to celebrity investors such as Tesla founder Elon Musk, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, star football quarterback Tom Brady, or actress Maisie Williams (Arya in Game of Thrones). But recent ransomware attacks, and cryptocurrencies’ central role in enabling them, are a public relations disaster.

Kenneth Rogoff should connect the dots. There are a lot of Godotists who see this as an opportunity for central control. They are piling on.  The problem is central access, government wants its doors opn, but once they open their doors for look, they expose much of the protection.

Here is the test. If anyone wants data protection ask them if they want bots to protect the data, autonomously, unobserved by humans.  See if they pass that test first.