In many ways this is malicious deception. In any instance where a login form is included in the scraped mirror, that represents an attacked user, and a phishing attempt.
If someone did this in the wild, in an uncontrolled situation involving random strangers, it risks serious misinterpretation, and worse.
> I had this implemented for a very brief period of time (and for ethical reasons took it down almost immediately, realising that this may cause trouble)
The author did this in the wild, involving random strangers.
If someone did this in the wild, in an uncontrolled situation involving random strangers, it risks serious misinterpretation, and worse.