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> including the ones that say "authorized personnel only", "private", "do not enter" with an excuse like "I was trying to find out which shop was open". I don
by cwkoss 6y ago
> including the ones that say "authorized personnel only", "private", "do not enter" with an excuse like "I was trying to find out which shop was open".
I don't think this part of the analogy is accurate. There are no "authorized personnel only" ports
The first half of the analogy is good though.
- sedatk 6y agoAny port that isn’t advertised to you explicitly is an overreach. You don’t run through hosts and ports to “find out services to use”. What’s a legitimate use case for that other than peeping?
- m463 6y agoI used to think the exact same thing about wardriving. Nobody should catalog wifi access points and their location! Of course, now this ethical lapse is a business model and apple, google and everyone else does it. literally anyone with a smartphone is doing this to your wifi access point. And they will do the reverse to find out precise location.
- sedatk 6y agoExactly. There are assumptions in every threat model, and violating them isn't a legitimate use case because someone "forgot to protect" their private resource. "Door wasn't locked" isn't an excuse.
- thejynxed 6y agoOr in the case of being a Comcast customer, you get no say in the matter as they force an open guest network if you use their equipment.