John++ -- Sent from my iPhone Forgive my misspellings and briefness
On Feb 20, 2011, at 4:48 PM, John Strand <[email protected]> wrote: > Joel, Adrian... > > I am disappointed in all of you. > > The answer is obvious: > > http://www.ligattsecurity.com/solutions/hacker-in-15-minutes > > HTH, > > John > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Joel Esler <[email protected]> wrote: > I mark them as spam. > > Or, respond and say "No." > > > On Feb 20, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Adrian Crenshaw wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Many on this list run a blog/podcast/etc and I imagine like me you get a >> lot of "Teach me how to hack" or "do this for me" emails. How do you handle >> them? >> >> The categories I get can generally be broken down into: >> >> 1. Teach me how to hack (which is too broad to ever do). >> 2. I think my boyfriend/girlfriend is cheating on me, how can I spy on them >> (why would I want to get involved?). >> 3. Help me break into my neighbors/schools WiFi/Computer (Why would I help >> you do something illegal, and leave a subpoenable record in email?). >> 4. Do a bunch of free work for me as a favor and under dubious expectations. >> I had a guy recently say he wanted be to teach him how to track down >> spammers so he could sue them since he put a declaimer on his Craig's List >> posts that said people owed him money ($50,000, and without going to court) >> if they sent him spam, and various other outrageous demands. That one first >> got the response that I though he had unreasonable expectations, and when he >> email again I told him I was not interested and if I got another email from >> him he owed me $100,000,000. Needless to say he was not happy. I mailed the >> conversation to the list, but it got rejected, perhaps for being off topic >> or having too much personal info in it. >> 5. Questions about things I know nothing about, or that if I do know >> something about I've already put all I know in an article/video. These >> questions I normally just point to the best resource I know. >> >> My responses are usually: >> >> 1. You question is to vague and sorry, I can't teach individuals over email. >> 2. Ignore them, especially it they used text speak in the email (ur = your, >> etc). >> 3. Point them at some other materials and say I don't know much on the >> subject. >> 4. Sometimes, if it is especially whacked, I may have a snarky response. >> >> I like to help people learn, but some people just want too much time, or for >> you to do all the work for them. What are your normal responses? How do you >> deal with these things? I don't want to seem like an ass for not helping >> people, but I'd rather speed my personal time doing other things. >> >> Thanks, >> Adrian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > -- > Joel Esler > http://www.joelesler.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > > -- > John Strand > Office: (605) 550-0742 > Cell: (303) 710-1171 >
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