Honey Potted means when someone is tricked or deceived by a person or a website with the intention of gathering sensitive information or luring them into a disadvantageous situation.
Example 1:
Let’s say you receive an email from an unknown sender claiming you won a free vacation to an exotic location. Excited, you click on the link provided, which takes you to a website asking for your personal information. However, this website is a honey pot, designed to collect your data and potentially compromise your privacy.
Example 2:
You come across a file-sharing platform offering premium software for free downloads. Eager to save money, you click on the link, only to find out that the software is fake and infected with malware. By downloading the deceiving file, you inadvertently fell into a honey pot, endangering your device and personal data.
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