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> Content problems are the business of the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. I've often wondered why the FBI don't have a website where I, a random citiz
by londons_explore 3y ago
> Content problems are the business of the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
I've often wondered why the FBI don't have a website where I, a random citizen, can get hold of SSN's, credit cards, bank accounts etc. to give to any scammer who asks me.
The FBI would then trace all uses of those numbers and use them like a honeypot.
- Wowfunhappy 3y agoIt seems like a clever idea to me! The first problem that comes to mind (not necessarily insurmountable) is that some number of people will use the honeypot data in legitimate forms, either due to cluelessness or intentional fraud on their end. It's not immediately obvious to me what happens in that case.
- autoexec 3y agoMy first thought was that the numbers would end up being collected and screened for by bad actors and if the numbers were generated on demand, we'd eventually just run out of valid SSNs or credit card numbers. It might work on a small scale though. They could give a few of those numbers out to security researchers and internet abuse desks.
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