<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Barry - <div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class="">There is indeed a metaphor to your “rattling doorknobs", but it’s not pretty when it comes to the Internet… </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you call the police because someone is creeping around your property checking doors and windows for </div><div class="">possible entry, then they will indeed come out and attempt to arrest the perpetrator (I am most certainly </div><div class="">not a lawyer, but as I understand it even the act of opening an unlocked window or door is sufficient in many </div><div class="">jurisdictions to satisfy the “breaking the seal of the property” premise and warrant charging under breaking </div><div class="">and entering statues.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Now welcome to the Internet… paint all your windows black, remove all lighting save for one small bulb</div><div class="">over your front entry. Sit back and enjoy the continuous sounds of rattling doorknobs and scratching at </div><div class="">the windows.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If/when you find a digital culprit creeping around inside the home, your best option is burn down the place </div><div class="">and start anew with the copies you keep offsite in storage elsewhere. Similarly if you find a “trap” (e.g., </div><div class="">a phishing email) placed on your patio or amongst your mail… discard such cautiously and hope your </div><div class="">kids use equal care. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">“Best practice” for handling these situations on the Internet is effectively to cope as best you can despite</div><div class="">being inundated with attempts – i.e. most Internet security professionals and law enforcement will tell you</div><div class="">that the idea of actually trying to identify and stop any of the culprits involved is considered rather quaint</div><div class="">at best – i.e. we’re instead going to engage in the worlds longest running game of “whack-a-mole” by just</div><div class="">blocking their last known website/mail server/botnet and the wishing for the best… </div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Enjoy your Internet! </div><div class="">/John</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Disclaimers: My views alone - use, reuse, or discard as desired. </div><div class=""> This message made of 100% recycled electrons. </div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 22 Jun 2022, at 12:04 AM, <a href="mailto:bzs@theworld.com" class="">bzs@theworld.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">When I lock the doors etc to my home I'll often mutter "ya know, if<br class="">someone is rattling my door knob I already have a big problem."<br class=""><br class="">I suppose when I'm home it might give me a warning if I hear it.<br class=""><br class="">There must be a metaphor in there somewhere.<br class=""><br class="">I do recall as a teen noticing that one of the closed store's on the<br class="">main drag's door was unlocked late one night walking home (this was in<br class="">NYC.)<br class=""><br class="">I saw a cop and told him and he scolded me angrily for rattling door<br class="">knobs, I could be arrested for that! But verified it, looked around<br class="">inside with his flashlight, and called it in.<br class=""><br class="">I forget how I noticed but I wasn't in the habit of rattling stores'<br class="">door knobs, I think the door was just a bit ajar.<br class=""><br class="">There must be a metaphor in there somewhere.<br class=""><br class="">On June 21, 2022 at 10:01 <a href="mailto:mpalmer@hezmatt.org" class="">mpalmer@hezmatt.org</a> (Matt Palmer) wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 02:18:30AM +0000, Mel Beckman wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">When researchers, or whoever, claim their scanning an altruistic service,<br class="">I ask them if they would mind someone coming to their home and trying to<br class="">open all the doors and windows every night.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">If there were a few hundred people with nefarious intent trying to open your<br class="">doors and windows every night, someone doing the same thing with altruistic<br class="">intent might not be such a bad thing.<br class=""><br class="">- Matt<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">-- <br class=""> -Barry Shein<br class=""><br class="">Software Tool & Die | <a href="mailto:bzs@TheWorld.com" class="">bzs@TheWorld.com</a> | <a href="http://www.TheWorld.com" class="">http://www.TheWorld.com</a><br class="">Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD<br class="">The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>