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It's not about how much it costs to do it, it's about the effect on the subject. $3,400 is a lot to a typical criminal.


We're talking about a particular subset of criminal/person that can afford a computer, has the knowledge and forethought to encrypt it, and is committing a type of crime/action which makes the state want to see the encrypted contents of said computer badly enough to invoke that law. I would think that someone in that subset could easily afford $3,400.




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