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Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison?
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-04-16

SAN FRANCISCO--Using a honeypot to detect and surveil computer intruders might put you on the working end of federal wiretapping beef, or even get you sued by the next hacker that sticks his nose in the trap, a Justice Department attorney warned Wednesday.

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Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Mark Rasch
This revives the old debate about whether you can monitor hacker activity within your own network. I have always thought that there is no problem doing it.. first, if you have express policies on it, it likely is "consent" even if the intruder didnt expressly consent or see the warning. Second, yo...

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