This is an interesting plot point in Vernor Vinge's Zones of Thought science fiction series. The "net of a million lies" has been astroturfed and boobytrapped b

This is an interesting plot point in Vernor Vinge's Zones of Thought science fiction series. The "net of a million lies" has been astroturfed and boobytrapped by living beings and AIs for generations. Programmer archaeologists sometimes try to extract useful information at great risk to their entire societies.