-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

 AT> I try to give my old phone number in those situations, but then when I
 AT> try to log to check my points or something, they ask "What's the code
 AT> we just texted you?"

Ya, half-participation usually doesn't work.  But in this case, you can say
"It's not worth it to me to give out my personal information." and refuse to
participate.

 AT> I used to get a lot of scam calls. Every day, every night. But then I
 AT> changed my # to one with an odd prefix and that seems to have solved
 AT> that problem.

For now.

I set up system that was visible on the Internet and noticed it was hit with
many, many dictionary attacks.  I moved the SSH port to something strange and
it stopped the attacks - for about 6 months when someone did a port scan and
found the strange port number - and the dictionary attacks came back.


... Seeing is believing, Touching is convincing..
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