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What does accountability have to do with anything? Do you think GitHub verifies who you are when you sign up? They don't. Even if they did, a person introducing
by Thiez 9y ago
What does accountability have to do with anything? Do you think GitHub verifies who you are when you sign up? They don't. Even if they did, a person introducing backdoors may not even live in a jurisdiction where this is illegal, or where you have any chance of sueing them. Do you think the data in a git commit is accurate? You can put anybody's name and email address there, and any date you like.
Please explain which part of this project ensures even less accountability than accepting code from a newly created GitHub account.
In addition, I would love to hear how you would hold someone introducing a backdoor through a GitHub PR accountable even if you know exactly who they are, where they live, and have a video of them opening the pr, and a signed confession.
- Fnoord 9y agoFair enough Thiez, the difference between the current situation with and without GitMask isn't a whole lot. The only difference is that GitMask invites more anonymous developers. Whether that is in the interest of other (anonymous and/or non-anonymous) developers and users is a matter of perspective, and case-by-case hindsight 20/20. As for holding someone who's known accountable for their mistakes. That's the entire point of using your real name when it comes to professional work: it increases accountability.