> Many HN users are very privacy-conscious and consider it not acceptable for any purpose, though; including that one It's an opinion, I suppose, but it doesn'

> Many HN users are very privacy-conscious and consider it not acceptable for any purpose, though; including that one It's an opinion, I suppose, but it doesn't seem to be based on reasonable expectations. Anyone can portscan anyone else, lots of security researchers have published their findings from portscanning large IP address ranges etc. ... If I don't want other people to see or access open ports on my system, I can firewall them.