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why is software engineering so horny (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We used to finger our users too.

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, lots of people still do! I've seen talk of using it nowadays a few separate times lately, including earlier today of someone setting it up for the first time. It's neat!

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 3 points 20 hours ago

Anyone talking about using finger nowadays should be considered very very suspect, same way you'd look at someone suggesting rlogin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol)#Security_concerns

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/decades-old-finger-protocol-abused-in-clickfix-malware-attacks/