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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
Anonymous
Assuming that some user/hacker is attempting to use some computer remotely to attack a third party, such a user is implicly not agreeing to being monitored, but he/she should not have a reasonable expectation of privacy. He is committing an an illegal action with no compensating factors. Given the c...

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