alt Hacker News> As bad and annoying as hackers are, I'm not familiar with any government recognizing any hacking group as a terrorist group.
If you’re sending a large sum of money to $anonymoushacker, how do you ensure they’re not on some OFAC list? Or do your AML checks? Or make sure you’re not on the wrong side of Foreign Corrupt Practices act? The third party probably turns a blind eye to that cuz there’s no way of really checking.
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zbentley • yesterday at 6:51 PM
Cryptocurrency mitigates most of those concerns. That's why the flourishing of crypto payment systems has been an unalloyed blessing for cybercriminals.
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the people who do "AML checks" are the ones processing the transaction.
i don't do that every time i want to send money. private individuals don't just "run checks" - it would make commerce untenable and possibly unconstitutional.
say you get a passport, an address, a photo, a signature, a phone call - how do you verify any of this is real?