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Re: Honeypot websites are dangerous for our privacy - BEWARE
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PrivacyOui
on 28/01/2024, 17:51:15 UTC
I would like more information on how to determine that a particular site is a honeypot.
It's not possible to spot a well-coded honeypot website because how much sense does it make for a malicious honeypot website to say "hey, I'm a honeypot website". All malicious honeypot websites will try to hide it as good as possible. Always closed source, if legally required in countries, where data protection laws are in place, like EU, it will simply be only a small fine print - if at all, like walletexplorer.com has added a small fine print after many accusations piled up.
Or, no mixer will say: "hey, I'm a honeypot mixer". It's not possible to spot as a normal person, even experts might not know it because it's a sophisticated honeypot.

I haven't seen your guidance other than saying you must be very careful.
Because for most sites, it's not possible for normal people to spot if it's a known honeypot website or not.

In addition, the sites may be identical to real ones, and the site address must be carefully checked. Sometimes the difference can be just one letter or dot.
Do you have any example?
I only know it from scam and phishing sites.

Honeypot websites are created not only to collect privacy information and they can be used for different purposes like attracting people's capital. Then they will do rug pull to steal money from people who believe honeypot websites are legit and good ones.
Yes, Scam and Phishing websites are also a problem.