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> None of the websites contained any illegal content. Since I am not a legal authority (nor an expert in the law), I had to scale back the content. No illegal p
by bennettfeely 11y ago
> None of the websites contained any illegal content. Since I am not a legal authority (nor an expert in the law), I had to scale back the content. No illegal pictures nor files existed on any of the sites. In fact, each site contained exactly one image – a decorative background image to give the site a bit of flair (hidden service sites are notoriously lean). None of the honeypot sites explicitly offered to provide illegal content and instead, served to lure the user in by a vague promise of what may be found behind the locked door. Admittedly, this was a huge disadvantage over a FBI-driven honeypot and likely the reason why many visitors did not register and quickly moved on after landing on the home page.
Later on he explains,
> Scans on the server dropped and some of the users who opted to run the software appeared to be government or private researchers.
- zxcvcxz 11y agoIf he wasn't explicitly offering child porn then how can he assume people who visited his honey pot were looking for child porn if they didn't explicitly state it? Sure the guy offering pictures seems like a pedophile, but what about the others?