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Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sticky-situations dept.

scubacuda writes "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, according this (old) Security Focus article. Honeypots could be federal criminal law calls "interception of communications", a felony that carries up to five years in prison. Because the Federal Wiretap Act has civil provisions, as well as criminal, there's even a chance that a hacker could file a lawsuit against a honeypot operator that doesn't have their legal ducks in a row. "It would take chutzpah," said Richard Salgado, senior counsel for the Department of Justice's computer crime unit, "But there's a case where an accused kidnapper who was using a cloned cell phone sued for the interception of the cell phone conversations... And he won.""

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  1. FIRSET POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You dont get FIRST POST by reading the articles. But this one smells like reactionary hippie bullshit.

    1. Re:FIRSET POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      fuck you . zegond post ! that kicks first in the ass

  2. Poodle Hat - Another Weird Al Classic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I only watched Will & Grace one time, one day, wish I hadn't cause now TiVo thinks I'm gay

    Brilliant!

    1. Re:Poodle Hat - Another Weird Al Classic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      maybe you are. there's nothing to be ashamed off. man-love can me very rewarding. imagine masturbating your own and your partner's penises with one hand, or gently sliding your erect penis into another man's anus?

      not to mention the fact you'll never need to stop hagin sex due to a woman's period or put up with the mood swings females are so prone to.

      go to a gay bar and pick someone up. take some poppers with you, cos when you have botty sex for the first time there may be a little residual bleeding.

  3. fioaosod-irst by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    20 seconds? If I type 70wpm, that's like, 20 25 characters. w00t.

  4. Re:oh no! by ramzak2k · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what ? Pooh used honeypot to attract piglet ? I knew there there was something about gay relationship in those cartoons.

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  5. Silly poo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I like Windy duh Poo.

    This story gave me a boner!

    Because I stick my boner in honey and let Tiggstuh bounce up and down...

    Fo schizzle my nizzle...

  6. MOD PARENT DOWN, -1 EKROUT, WORTHLESS GAY FUCKER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FOAD

  7. God bless america by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And the americans...

  8. Re:Err... by bofkentucky · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Maybe in your pansy state/community, but where I come from, 12 of my peers would have no problem with me putting a slug or 11 through an intruder (more than 11 as soon as this stupid brady bill gets sunseted).

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  9. Hi Michael Sims! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    From +5 to +2 in 30 seconds, W00T editor moderation in the house! Fuck em up, Michael!

  10. Re:oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oh fuck that ! you cant mod be below -1 can you huh? huh ?

  11. I submitted this 3 times and got rejected by Devistater · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I submitted this story about 3 times right around when the first security focus article came out. All 3 got rejected. Dangit.