I agree completely that the ease of criminal activity is perpetuated in VR, but I'd like to point out something in your comparison. " it would be a criminal following you around wherever... " presupposes the intent of the phisher again. I think we both agree that the websites that proved SSL security should be more proactive and do a far better job of protecting people's privacy. However none of that is anywhere close to finding out what sites you went to in your browser history, which IMO, is just as public as walking down the street. Now maybe secure sites shouldn't be tracked in browsing history... that's something that we could talk about.
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