Honeypot
A service run to watch users rather than to serve them — for intelligence, research, or a sting. Hard to prove from a directory row.
A honeypot can look like a real shop or forum. Directory tags cannot rule it out. Treat unknown onions as hostile until a signed canary and a second source agree.
Category: Threats
This page is a short glossary definition, not a full encyclopedia article. See the Tor glossary A–Z for the rest of the set.