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Nov 20, 2025
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Differences between honeypots and illegal entrapment in US law

Honeypots are decoy systems that record attacks and are widely treated by security writers and scholars as tools to observe and deter cybercriminals rather than to induce crime; multiple technical and...

Nov 20, 2025
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Can law enforcement use online honeypots to investigate crimes without violating constitutional rights?

Law enforcement can and has used online honeypots as investigative tools, but their legality and admissibility are contested: U.S. guidance and commentators point to wiretap and privacy limits and to ...

Nov 19, 2025
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What are legal penalties for buying or using stolen credit card data in the US?

Buying or using stolen credit‑card data in the United States can trigger state and federal criminal charges that range from misdemeanors to serious felonies carrying years in prison, heavy fines, rest...

Nov 18, 2025

Sideloading has risks

Sideloading — installing apps outside official stores — consistently appears in reporting as higher-risk than installing from curated marketplaces: Google’s own analysis found “over 50 times more malw...

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