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Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most? by scotty79 on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:25PM (#33676081)
It could become very useful honeypot for the police or some government agency tracking crime.

Those people found another way to get paid.

Although I couldn't never blame you for shutting it down. I'd probably do the same and try to forget about it for many years.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most? by jbirer on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:38PM (#33676212)
Unfortunately, I was not contacted by any intelligence agency with a promise of money and lack of prosecution, so that was my choice at that time.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most? by wruza on Saturday November 19, 2022 @07:38PM (#33676751)
I think it was fortunate, in a sense that these agencies’ employees usually couldn’t care less about your own fate or expenses in all this mess. You’re just a little bug in their gears which rotate regardless. Unless you can gain substantial publicity, it’s not worth the risk.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most? by imdvayn on Saturday November 19, 2022 @11:02PM (#33678102)
It shouldn't be that way though. That honeypot could've been really useful to them, and the cost of providing peace of mind to him is negligible to their orgs.
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