Phishing
Imagine if, right now, Phishing became legal worldwide. Any individual, organisation or government could legally try to gain access to your personal information using faux websites, fake emails and other social engineering techniques.
Would we see a rise in phishing?
I’d wager not. The main barrier in the way of phishers is not the law. The law does nothing and can do nothing to stop them.
The police in the victim’s country does not have the power to press charges against aa scammer thousands of kilometres away.
The police in the scammer’s country usually have better things to do then hunt down non-violent criminals who, behind locked doors, are swindling foreign nationals.
The problem is too big and the solutions too hard.
If the police and government are not going to protect you, you need to protect yourself.
No one else is going to.
The other, far more dangerous Phish.
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Would not the level go down as more people become aware of it? If governments and companies started selling spam - people would discuss it more ergo more people would understand the idea.