Creating Honeypots to Prevent Online Child Exploitation

Joel Scanlan, Paul A. Watters, Jeremy Prichard, Charlotte Hunn, Caroline Spiranovic and Richard Wortley
Additional contact information
Joel Scanlan: Australian Institute of Health Service Management, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia
Paul A. Watters: Cyberstronomy, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Jeremy Prichard: School of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia
Charlotte Hunn: School of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia
Caroline Spiranovic: School of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia
Richard Wortley: Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London, London WC1H 9EZ, UK

Future Internet, 2022, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: Honeypots have been a key tool in controlling and understanding digital crime for several decades. The tool has traditionally been deployed against actors who are attempting to hack into systems or as a discovery mechanism for new forms of malware. This paper presents a novel approach to using a honeypot architecture in conjunction with social networks to respond to non-technical digital crimes. The tool is presented within the context of Child Exploitation Material (CEM), and to support the goal of taking an educative approach to Internet users who are developing an interest in this material. The architecture that is presented in the paper includes multiple layers, including recruitment, obfuscation, and education. The approach does not aim to collect data to support punitive action, but to educate users, increasing their knowledge and awareness of the negative impacts of such material.

Keywords: child exploitation prevention; honeypot; social media (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/14/4/121/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/14/4/121/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jftint:v:14:y:2022:i:4:p:121-:d:794161

Access Statistics for this article

Future Internet is currently edited by Ms. Grace You

More articles in Future Internet from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().