Or phones, or telegraph, or mail, or roads, or ... Commerce and crime go hand-in-hand. The Greek and Roman gods of travel and communication were also the gods

Or phones, or telegraph, or mail, or roads, or ... Commerce and crime go hand-in-hand. The Greek and Roman gods of travel and communication were also the gods of tricksters (frauds) and thieves. The etymology of "Mercury" may be related to that of "merchant". (Hermes rather less so.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(mythology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(mythology)>