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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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re: Logging 2003-04-22
Anonymous
This crossed my mind, too. In theory, wouldn't this make general system logs, firewall logs, and the like in violation of federal statute if they inadvertantly end up logging a successful intrusion? I can't fathom who would pass such legislation. This completely boggles my mind. I mean, you may argu...

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