Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cryptadamist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@panigrc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>panigrc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pounced-on.me/@finalstaticfox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>finalstaticfox</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> </p><p>And whilst most <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LEA</span></a>|s don't want to acknowledge it, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DNM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNM</span></a>|s reduced <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> because instead of people meeting in dark alleys with guns they have moved their stuff online, where noone has to meet each other and this noone can be ambushed, and where building reputation is key.</p><ul><li>Shure scams are rampant among the small fish, but not having cash on people to mug reduced the street violence quite a lot.</li></ul><p>Banning Monero is as futile as banning foreign currency: It's only backfiring harder and reducing transparency for investigators.</p>