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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/