On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
----- Forwarded message from Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> -----
In addition, of course, organized crime groups use the Internet for communications (usually encrypted) and for any other purposes when they see it as useful and profitable. Indeed, organized crime is proving as flexible and adaptable in its exploitation of cyberopportunities as it is in any other opportunities for illegal activity.
Just a note here, but this is one of the most common stereotypes about organized crime figures, and it's just not true. These guys are businessmen -- they won't turn down a deal just because it happens to be legal. Organized crime figures are proving flexible and adaptable in their exploitation of opportunities to make a profit -- they are not interested in "illegal activity" exclusively, they just don't give a damn whether a given opportunity happens to be legal or not. Bear