Attempt at real life version (starts with idea they are actually not trustworthy)
- You invite someone to sit in your living room
- There must have been a reason to begin with (or why invite them at all)
- Implied (at least limited) trust of whoever was invited
- Access enabled and information gained heavily depends on house design
- May have to walk past many rooms to finally reach the living room
- Significant chances to look at everything in your house
- Already allows skilled appraiser to evaluate your theft worthiness
- Many techniques may allow further access to your house
- Similar to digital version (leave something behind)
- Small digital object accessing home network
- "Sorry, I left something, mind if I search around?"
- Longer con (advance to next stage of "friendship" / "relationship", implied trust)
- "We should hang out again / have a cards night / go drinking together / ect..."
- Flattery "Such a beautiful house, I like / am a fan of <madlibs>, could you show it to me?"
- Already provides a survey of your home security
- Do you lock your doors / windows?
- What kind / brand / style do you have?
- Do you tend to just leave stuff open?
- Do you have onsite cameras or other features?
- Do you easily just let anybody into your house who asks?
- General cleanliness and attention to security issues
- In the case of Notepad++, they would also be offering you a free product
- Significant utility vs alternatives
- Free
- Highly recommended by many other "neighbors"
- In the case of Notepad++, they themselves are not actively malicious (or at least not known to be)
- Single developer
- Apparently frazzled and overworked by the experience
- Makes updates they can, yet also support a free product for millions.
- It doesn't really work with the friend you invite in scenario (more like they sneezed in your living room or something)