Comment by xlii

Because that way it’s easy to track both poster and visitor (one could say that every visitor of such URL was involved).

Indirect communication shifts focus from channel to method. And if anyone can use channel and anyone can read message then it’s impossible to pinpoint true poster and true recipient.

E.g. Few years back I was helping fix a Wordpress site which shared leaked CC through page visitor counters. Imaging proving anyone’s participation.

And finally I didn’t say anything about it cybercrime, the cases I know of were related to identity theft, assets theft, extortion and illicit videos. Seized servers and personal computer for years.