Sharty discovers a (totes not a honeypot) a dramatard's unsecured VNC server through the vnc resolver

With that being said, the U.S. laws are a little ambiguous and interpretation comes down to your intent when you are just visiting some IP or service you found through the use of a cybersecurity tool.

The real tldr here is, if the feds care, have fun in Gitmo. The law has extra frick you if it involves

intentionally, without authorization to access any nonpublic computer of a department or agency of the United States, accesses such a computer of that department or agency that is exclusively for the use of the Government of the United States or, in the case of a computer not exclusively for such use, is used by or for the Government of the United States and such conduct affects that use by or for the Government of the United States;

For any computer owned by a pleb, intent becomes relevant, but Fedbait is a felony.

Thanks for the legal advice