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I got that part. Still doesn’t justify a comment that starts with a paragraph implying that illegal things can’t happen because deterrent. That doesn’t help.

by SilasX 4y ago

permo-w 4y ago
no one said they can’t, just this is largely why they don’t. are you going to rob a supermarket where you have to hand in ID at the door? or will you find somewhere easier?
- rosnd 4y ago
  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/margaritas-story-how-one-russian-woman-became-money-mule-flna524892 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/margaritas-story-how-one-... https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/russian-man-pleads-guilty-global-bank-fraud-scheme https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/russian-man-pleads-guilty-... They do this, at giant scale. When you're earning tens of thousands of dollars per account, it's worth it to train people to go open bank accounts using fake passports.
- SilasX 4y ago
  That my point: “it’s easy to catch and enforce” would be the relevant fact to lead with, not “duh it’s illegal silly!” The latter is true for a lot of things that aren’t enforced, and is really condescending to start with.
cortesoft 4y ago
They never implied that it couldn't happen, they implied it didn't happen that often because it is illegal.
- SilasX 4y ago
  Which is a bad explanation. Lots of illegal things happen often anyway. Implying that being illegal automatically contains it is a bad explanation and a bad premise to start from. The question is, why is this illegal thing not more violated? Just like I said in the past two replies.
0x457 4y ago
It being illegal makes parties involved forced to cooperate. If someone hacks your Twitter and tweets something - the FBI isn't going to investigate who did that. If someone commits a wire fraud with your account - FBI will investigate.

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I got that part. Still doesn’t justify a comment that starts with a paragraph implying that illegal things can’t happen because deterrent. That doesn’t help.

by SilasX 4y ago

I got that part. Still doesn’t justify a comment that starts with a paragraph implying that illegal things can’t happen because deterrent. That doesn’t help.

permo-w 4y ago
no one said they can’t, just this is largely why they don’t. are you going to rob a supermarket where you have to hand in ID at the door? or will you find somewhere easier?
- rosnd 4y ago
  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/margaritas-story-how-one-russian-woman-became-money-mule-flna524892 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/margaritas-story-how-one-... https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/russian-man-pleads-guilty-global-bank-fraud-scheme https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/russian-man-pleads-guilty-... They do this, at giant scale. When you're earning tens of thousands of dollars per account, it's worth it to train people to go open bank accounts using fake passports.
- SilasX 4y ago
  That my point: “it’s easy to catch and enforce” would be the relevant fact to lead with, not “duh it’s illegal silly!” The latter is true for a lot of things that aren’t enforced, and is really condescending to start with.
cortesoft 4y ago
They never implied that it couldn't happen, they implied it didn't happen that often because it is illegal.
- SilasX 4y ago
  Which is a bad explanation. Lots of illegal things happen often anyway. Implying that being illegal automatically contains it is a bad explanation and a bad premise to start from. The question is, why is this illegal thing not more violated? Just like I said in the past two replies.
0x457 4y ago
It being illegal makes parties involved forced to cooperate. If someone hacks your Twitter and tweets something - the FBI isn't going to investigate who did that. If someone commits a wire fraud with your account - FBI will investigate.