In a similar vein, things like this https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=filename%3Aid_rsa&type=Code&ref=searchresults https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%

In a similar vein, things like this https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=filename%3Aid_rsa&type=Code&ref=searchresults https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=filename%3Aid_rsa... are also why passwording your private keys is very important. Tons of these keys (why are people committing these to public repositories??) aren't passworded. It astounds me that someone has the technical knowledge to create an ssh key/pair, commit to github, and manage to send their unencrypted private key off into the public sphere.