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At this point, I just assume anyone cold emailing me is seeking to extract information around my employer’s technical environment for malicious reasons. The que
by sakjur 2y ago
At this point, I just assume anyone cold emailing me is seeking to extract information around my employer’s technical environment for malicious reasons. The questions they keep asking seem to indicate as much.
- handfuloflight 2y agoCan we see a few samples?
- sakjur 2y agoThe other day I got a question that sort of went: I’m reaching out as I want to learn more about the database technology you’re using, and if you’re having any problems with it. Such as scalability, performance, data siloing, costs, etc. We’re curious to hear from software engineers working with production databases.
- handfuloflight 2y agoI'm not sure what attack vector they're going to uncover from knowing the database you use, given there is a relatively small number of databases anyway—they're already in a position to guess (brute force) themselves into your system if just knowing the database was enough. Maybe you think they are looking to get your guard down and then ask the juicier questions?
- sakjur 2y agoIn this case I’d wager they’re just looking to sell to us. If they were malicious however, replying to the email would let the sender know about my position within the organization and how inclined I am to sharing information. At the end of the day there’s no upside to either me nor my organization to respond to cold emails beyond politeness.
- handfuloflight 2y ago> At the end of the day there’s no upside to either me nor my organization to respond to cold emails beyond politeness. You mean to any of the cold emails that you were sent already. You don't think it's possible for someone to send a cold email that could benefit you?