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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's called a honeypot. They even ran CP servers in the past (after taking them over from the actual admins, in order to unmask the users).

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Agreed honeypots are maybe a good thing.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 1 year ago

You can also run honeypots.. Even at home, if you can configure your VM and network securely. Like this: https://github.com/telekom-security/tpotce

You could lurk users/bots into hacking your honeypot and then report it to let's say: https://www.abuseipdb.com/

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do a cop bribe honeypot next ! Ah, only fake crimes eh?

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really don't think CSAM is a fake crime, but we can't all be libertarians.

What does this have to do with libertarianism?

I'm a libertarian, and I think honeypots are a fantastic idea! It makes enforcement of the law compatible with individual privacy, since the only data the agency would get is from people who willingly offer it. I may disagree with you on the definition of CSAM (e.g. pictures of actual kids vs AI-gen and human drawn images), but I absolutely think honeypots are the right way for police to enforce the law.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Agent 1: We just nabbed a gang of child abusers!

Agent 2: We found out your MAGA uncle is a really bad "investor".

I feel like Agent 1 is far more worthwhile.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're both worthwhile. Agent 2 is more like "We found out your uncle was pumping a security by making fraudulent claims in order to dump it later and screw them all over."

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Do you think the FBI only has one investigation open at a time?