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I'm stupid, so please be patient, who puts up these honeypots? WHy are they there? (I know in principle what a honeypot is)

I do, and I'm not a security researcher (not really).

If nothing else, it's fun to see who pokes you, even if I don't actually follow up on it.

Thanks!

Conspiracy Theory: The proliferation of honeypots is due to secret government contracts attempting to corrupt the usefulness of Shodan and the like.

Automated Chaff for the information age.