Re: Dealing with "Teach me how to hack" emails?

[Mvharley2 <mvharley2 () gmail com>]

Even better John 3:16

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 20, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Joel Esler <joel.esler () me com> wrote:

> John++
>
> --
> Sent from my iPhone
> Forgive my misspellings and briefness
>
> On Feb 20, 2011, at 4:48 PM, John Strand <strandjs () gmail com> 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 <joel.esler () me com> 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
> > >
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