Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>energisch_</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mina</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nickiquote</span></a></span> so what?</p><ul><li><p>We don't ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> because there are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HitAndRun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitAndRun</span></a> accidents.</p></li><li><p>We don't ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> despite <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DUI</span></a> causing thousands of deaths if not millions each year.</p></li><li><p>We don't ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a> despite them destroying the envoirment.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ModiOperandi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModiOperandi</span></a> and there are and <em>always will be</em> means to do so.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Criminalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Criminalization</span></a> makes it harder to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enforce</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> and to actually <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/investigate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investigate</span></a> issues. </li></ul><p>It's more effective to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/deny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deny</span></a> criminals' any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> to launder in the first place.</p><ul><li>That's why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tobacco</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> are legal and why an increasing number of juristictions are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decriminalizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decriminalizing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cannabis</span></a>, since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HomeGrowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeGrowing</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dispensaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispensaries</span></a> are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/safer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safer</span></a> and cheaper than what any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganizedCrime</span></a> could offer on the market, as even the highest <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TaxRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxRates</span></a> are lower than what Organized Crime would demand...</li></ul>