"I was previously unaware of Silk Road but when reading about this website online, I came across this interesting point about the wider implications of anonymous market places:

"Silk Road, and its future competitors, will come under severe attack in the coming years. At the moment, the goods and services to be found on Silk Road are limited. But this is only because it is in its infancy. While psychedelic drugs and fully automatic rifles may seem wonderfully shocking at the moment, we must not limit our imaginations.

I fully suspect that other, more revolutionary, services will come about in time. Surely, professional assassins will offer their services as well. I believe this could open the door to contracts being put out on the lives of corrupt politicians, judges and police officers. After all, the idea of assassination markets has been floating around in anarchist circles for some time. Regardless of whether or not you condone violent insurrection against the state or state officials, these markets seem to me to be very likely to happen in the near future.

What other goods and services do you think are likely to pop up in an anonymous marketplace? I would love to read your ideas below."

Source: http://dailyanarchis
t.com/2011/06/21/how
-and-why-to-get-to-s
ilk-road/

Personally, I find the idea of these black market sites abhorrent but if these sites are as anonymous and secure as the information I have read would lead me to believe (including the information contained within this article), then I do not know what the authorities would be able to do to prevent the more serious criminal offences from occurring.

Is it any wonder governments are increasingly concerned by cybercrime/ terrorism?"