And an article on ZDNet by well-known Microsoft commentator Ed Bott indicated as recently as near the end of last year, “the end result is an apparently valid digital license, and there’s no evidence that the free upgrades will end any time soon.” Other tech commentators have also addressed this issue numerous times but without bringing real clarity to the matter of whether the final result is risk-free for your company. This makes me wonder what Microsoft is really up to by continuing to allow users to upgrade for free from Windows 7 to Windows 10. It’s also used more generally in the sense of using bait other than attractive women to coerce and manipulate someone into cooperating with you in achieving your goals. Honey-trapping is also utilized in similar ways by private investigators, fraudsters, and espionage agents. Wikipedia defines honey traps as an investigative practice that uses romantic and/or sexual relationships for an interpersonal, political or monetary purpose to the detriment of one party involved in this romantic or sexual affair. “Beware the local honey trap,” says Avner in the 2005 movie “Munich” by Steven Spielberg.
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