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I've been running a QOTD service on my server for the last few years:

    $ nc zx2c4.com 17
Source here: http://git.zx2c4.com/mulder-listen-daemon/tree/mulderd.c

I also run a toy telnet server:

    $ telnet zx2c4.com
:P

A toy telnet server that requires me to send my Google credentials to a random server, unencrypted over the internet? Nice!

Well, at least you have a choice to send that information. Much unlike the majority of web browsing experience, where you send quite a bit of information without having any choice at all. The author claims it is a "toy" which basically means use at your own peril. c.f. happy fun ball

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