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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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Packet sniffing your own network puts you in jeopardy as well. 2003-04-18
Anonymous
If you are looking for illicit traffic on your own network, and intercept a hacker you will be liable by the same laws. Heck any traffic that hits your firewall could fall in the same category of tapping. If you attempt to analyze or capture it for evidence you could go to jail. That?s insane. L...

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