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Back when the FBI was taking down major "scene" warez FTP sites, they would often continue to operate the FTP sites for a few days or even weeks in some cases after being busted, just to watch who was logging in, what was happening, how it worked, just doing research and collecting user information basically.
When these sites were being busted and homes were being raided, MANY of the people in the scene quit right then and there. It was just no longer worth it to log in to these FTP sites when there was a good chance some of them were moles. Also there were rumours some of the sites were STARTED by the FBI, just to collect data.
We could probably learn a lot from law enforcement in this situation.
As soon as there is a possibility of being caught, lots of people will stop doing it. The hardcore guys will get more careful and be harder to catch in the future as a side effect though.
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