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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? 2003-04-18
Anonymouse
Isn't the honeypot the intended recipient of the (malicious) communications? If it is, you can't really call it intercepting.

Otherwise, the "provider exemption" does seem to apply, I think, since a honeypot is meant to reduce/prevent malicious actions against the rest of the network it is part of....

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