What is a "Honeypot"? And Why Not to Fall for Them!

The honey pot is sweet and mighty tempting.

"in some manner counteract attempts at what administrators deem unfavourable use in a system."

Too fucking true and appropriate, beyond a doubt, here.

Here's an addendum to OP's petty 'Help Wanted' sign:

"Only Stasis hopefuls need apply."

""Only Stasis hopefuls need apply."

what is a Honeypot?

Allow me to speak in a parable:

There was once a man who searched and searched for buried treasure. He had a map that marked the spot where the treasure was buried.

He finally gave up, after a long time of searching, although if someone had magic 'critical thinking glasses' on, they would have seen that everytime he started to look for the treasure, an X would appear directly underneath him, wherever he went.

Are you standing/sitting/reading the X right now?

The Honey Pot is when you are looking for gold in Gnome Alaska underwater and you find a large deposit of gold... Damn

[link to dsc.discovery.com]

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But I always was under the impression that a "honey pot" was gradeschool slang for pussy...

Wait until u find about wat this site really is....

It's posts like this that discredit this website. Go watch cartoons.

In the old days this term was used for attractive female spies who would extract info from the target by fucking them.

A "honeypot" is a trap.

A "honeypot" is a sort of media enticement that is intended to incite susceptible individuals to incriminate themselves.

We saw a great example with the Nairobi Mall Massacre twitter feed that was so full of lurid tweets about jihadi activities. Susceptible, outcast loner sorts could get caught up in the fever pitch to be part of something dramatic and exciting, to join a movement, and they could post things like "Yes, I will join you Brothers, and I will slay the infidels."

Presto! Aspiring Jihadi gets to meet new friends, and gets invited into meetings, gets to meet somebody's uncle fresh back from the 'training camp'. He would be schooled on how to assemble dangerous, uh, things... and even get a free ride to the place to, uh, make the thing do something destructive.

*'Hey, this thing's not working'

* Handcuffs

Right now here on GLP we are seeing a whole lot of foreign (and domestic) anonymous coward threads that are worded in such a way as to lure upset readers into incriminating themselves by posting intentions of violence.

"When are you Americans going to do something..." is a typical sort of thread title.

DON'T FALL for IT!!!

The site owner and the moderators here have ZERO tolerance for posts either inciting others to violence, or threatening violence.

Plus YOU as the reader do not want the potential headaches that could come your way if you were foolish enough to fall into such a trap.

As you can see from the example about "When are you going to do something...", the threads titles and opening posts do not technically threaten violence. They lead and encourage you to post threats of violence.

Practice discernment, and do not hesitate to hit the 'report abusive post button'. By doing so, you're not censoring or banning anyone. You're just asking the mods to take a look at something.

A "honeypot" is a trap.

A "honeypot" is a sort of media enticement that is intended to incite susceptible individuals to incriminate themselves.

We saw a great example with the Nairobi Mall Massacre twitter feed that was so full of lurid tweets about jihadi activities. Susceptible, outcast loner sorts could get caught up in the fever pitch to be part of something dramatic and exciting, to join a movement, and they could post things like "Yes, I will join you Brothers, and I will slay the infidels."

Presto! Aspiring Jihadi gets to meet new friends, and gets invited into meetings, gets to meet somebody's uncle fresh back from the 'training camp'. He would be schooled on how to assemble dangerous, uh, things... and even get a free ride to the place to, uh, make the thing do something destructive.

*'Hey, this thing's not working'

* Handcuffs

Right now here on GLP we are seeing a whole lot of foreign (and domestic) anonymous coward threads that are worded in such a way as to lure upset readers into incriminating themselves by posting intentions of violence.

"When are you Americans going to do something..." is a typical sort of thread title.

DON'T FALL for IT!!!

The site owner and the moderators here have ZERO tolerance for posts either inciting others to violence, or threatening violence.

Plus YOU as the reader do not want the potential headaches that could come your way if you were foolish enough to fall into such a trap.

As you can see from the example about "When are you going to do something...", the threads titles and opening posts do not technically threaten violence. They lead and encourage you to post threats of violence.

Practice discernment, and do not hesitate to hit the 'report abusive post button'. By doing so, you're not censoring or banning anyone. You're just asking the mods to take a look at something.

OP makes a good point esp with this sub-Saharan government so willing to expend $ assets to entrap ONLY select individuals and groups.

A "honeypot" is a trap.

A "honeypot" is a sort of media enticement that is intended to incite susceptible individuals to incriminate themselves.

We saw a great example with the Nairobi Mall Massacre twitter feed that was so full of lurid tweets about jihadi activities. Susceptible, outcast loner sorts could get caught up in the fever pitch to be part of something dramatic and exciting, to join a movement, and they could post things like "Yes, I will join you Brothers, and I will slay the infidels."

Presto! Aspiring Jihadi gets to meet new friends, and gets invited into meetings, gets to meet somebody's uncle fresh back from the 'training camp'. He would be schooled on how to assemble dangerous, uh, things... and even get a free ride to the place to, uh, make the thing do something destructive.

*'Hey, this thing's not working'

* Handcuffs

Right now here on GLP we are seeing a whole lot of foreign (and domestic) anonymous coward threads that are worded in such a way as to lure upset readers into incriminating themselves by posting intentions of violence.

"When are you Americans going to do something..." is a typical sort of thread title.

DON'T FALL for IT!!!

The site owner and the moderators here have ZERO tolerance for posts either inciting others to violence, or threatening violence.

Plus YOU as the reader do not want the potential headaches that could come your way if you were foolish enough to fall into such a trap.

As you can see from the example about "When are you going to do something...", the threads titles and opening posts do not technically threaten violence. They lead and encourage you to post threats of violence.

Practice discernment, and do not hesitate to hit the 'report abusive post button'. By doing so, you're not censoring or banning anyone. You're just asking the mods to take a look at something.

A "honeypot" is a trap.

A "honeypot" is a sort of media enticement that is intended to incite susceptible individuals to incriminate themselves.

We saw a great example with the Nairobi Mall Massacre twitter feed that was so full of lurid tweets about jihadi activities. Susceptible, outcast loner sorts could get caught up in the fever pitch to be part of something dramatic and exciting, to join a movement, and they could post things like "Yes, I will join you Brothers, and I will slay the infidels."

Presto! Aspiring Jihadi gets to meet new friends, and gets invited into meetings, gets to meet somebody's uncle fresh back from the 'training camp'. He would be schooled on how to assemble dangerous, uh, things... and even get a free ride to the place to, uh, make the thing do something destructive.

*'Hey, this thing's not working'

* Handcuffs

Right now here on GLP we are seeing a whole lot of foreign (and domestic) anonymous coward threads that are worded in such a way as to lure upset readers into incriminating themselves by posting intentions of violence.

"When are you Americans going to do something..." is a typical sort of thread title.

DON'T FALL for IT!!!

The site owner and the moderators here have ZERO tolerance for posts either inciting others to violence, or threatening violence.

Plus YOU as the reader do not want the potential headaches that could come your way if you were foolish enough to fall into such a trap.

As you can see from the example about "When are you going to do something...", the threads titles and opening posts do not technically threaten violence. They lead and encourage you to post threats of violence.

Practice discernment, and do not hesitate to hit the 'report abusive post button'. By doing so, you're not censoring or banning anyone. You're just asking the mods to take a look at something.

Wise words! Sadly, the fact that this has to be openly stated on a forum where most, if not all, know their every comment is monitored shows just how very close we are to what you are describing! May God have mercy on us!

My husband said he was tricked by mine.

Imagine if Martin Luther King said its all too fucking hard I cant win I may as well sit at home and watch the soapies on tv and mind my own business,

It's beyond any repair. The machine is bleeding to death. And the blood will be on everyone's wallet. For not taking action, you are supporting the very own destroyer of YOU.

No worries. We don't have to do anything. Such a corrupt and bankrupt empire will simply implode upon itself. Violence is what they want. Never play into their evil little hands. Overcome evil with good.