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Comment by abruzzi

honeypot is pretty standard terminology for a intentionally vulnerable system intended to attract hackers. Maybe I'm unique but I wouldn't associate the term with sex.*

* I don't know wether the term originated on its own (i.e. Winnie the Pooh getting stuck in his honeypot) but the term "honey trap" was spy terminology during the cold war for a trap that lures the target with sex, but that term is so removed I really don't associate it with this.

parent abruzzi 12 years ago

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