Reply to post: it's to shift blame

it's to shift blame

@ Eddy Ito

"I don't see the point of running the scan really."

As they are sending the data back to be stored, it's to shift the blame for any dodgy stuff happening to your account.

once they have recorded you had open ports, any misuse of your account is going to get blamed on you.

It shifts any blame for intrusion afterwards to you for having an open port..