04/24/08 08:56 AM
Biggest Problem On The Internet Cybercrime?
According to Bruce Schneier it is and it might not be fixable.
It’s expensive to investigate, and it’s cross-jurisdictional. It might not be fixable. A lot of [the solution] is going to be making the things that criminals are going after harder to get. You’re not going to stop the criminals [from trying]. But in the United States, it’s really easy to get a credit card in someone else’s name. The credit card companies like it that way.
Isn’t any fraud, stealing, trespassing online a crime? Of course it’s the biggest problem, and no it’s not fixable – just manageable. A long as people try to commit crimes, there will be crimes.