The use of so-called 'honeypots' is well-entrenched in law enforcement, but this is the first I've seen of it in education technology. The idea is that agencies use a fake target to lure would-be thieves, or in this case, cheaters. The company, Honorlock, "provides a way to track cheating students through what Honorlock calls 'seed sites' or others call "honeypots"—fake websites that remotely tattle on students who visit them during exams." As in the case of law enforcement honeypots, critics are calling this sort of thing "entrapment" and arguing that it's like "a teacher walking around with the answer key and putting it on the corner of each desk and then penalizing students if they look over at it."
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