Re: Jail Time for Honeypots?

["Octavian POPESCU" <sigquit () netbastards org>]

ok now, so which would be the next step? to put me in jail for installing
surveillance cameras in my apartment?
should I notify the burlgar via written signs that my apartment is
monitored?
this is plain stupid.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eko Sulistyo" <idsulistyo () yahoo com>
To: <honeypots () securityfocus com>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 8:00 PM
Subject: Jail Time for Honeypots?


> When I brwose around I find this interesting
> http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/27605
>
> A Justice Department attorney warned this week that
> using a honeypot, or "wireless mousetrap" for research
> or otherwise could put you on the wrong side of the
> law. According to this Security Focus article, using
> honeypots could backfire by allowing the person you
> monitor to launch a lawsuit, as well as run afoul of
> federal wiretapping laws. "There are some legal issues
> here, and they are not necessarily trivial, and
> they're not necessarily easy," says Richard Salgado,
> attorney for the Department of Justice's computer
> crime unit. Honeypots could be considered as
> "interception of communications," a felony that
> carries up to five years in prison.
>
> For full story :
> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/4004
>
> Wow, I'm shocked. And all this time I thought we are
> the good guys....
> That's make me wonder. It seems we have to change the
> color of our hat to gray, or even worse, black. ^_^
>
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