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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!
Anyone talking about using finger nowadays should be considered very very suspect, same way you'd look at someone suggesting
rloginhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol)#Security_concerns
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/decades-old-finger-protocol-abused-in-clickfix-malware-attacks/