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, his screen went black. A single line of red text appeared: "Your files are encrypted."

He was on a deadline, his old laptop was struggling, and he just needed a way to finish his final project without a monthly subscription fee [1, 3].

. The "free" software had come with a hidden cost: his entire semester’s work was gone.

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