At 17:44 +0100 02-08-03, Philip Hazel wrote:
However, in the world of email, people seem to be a lot more worried
about forgeries. Is this because email is cheap, leading to
proportionately more forgeries, or because it's more likely to be
destructive (viruses, worms), or what?
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Communication via computers is more anonymous, and the
cost of making forgeries is much lower. A forger has
a much lower risk of exposure or prosecution on the net
than in the non-net world.
This is the same reason why crime rates are much higher
in large cities than in small cities and rural communities.
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Jacob Palme <jpalme(_at_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se> (Stockholm University and KTH)
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