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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

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