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To survive, GItHub must provide the way to encrypt private repositories so that they can make sure that files cannot be read by github employees. Would that be

To survive, GItHub must provide the way to encrypt private repositories so that they can make sure that files cannot be read by github employees. Would that be possible?

oaiey 8y ago
Microsoft is the number two cloud vendor. When they violate the privacy of their paying customers, they are dead. And no, telemetry is about privacy but not the same as reading the data/code itself.
- lucb1e 8y ago
  > Microsoft is the number two cloud vendor. When they violate the privacy of their paying customers, they are dead. Perhaps it's different for paying customers, but I do have evidence of them scanning my OneDrive about ten year ago and them reading Skype chats about a year ago. I bet if someone uploads the OS X source code to OneDrive, or perhaps a private Github repository, the good parts of its design would somehow make it into Windows. Or perhaps something else that they can use, I'm pretty sure they'll check that out before making an acquisition offer.
  - Demiurge 8y ago
    Perhaps it's besides the point, but core osx is open source as Darwin and XNU, and I don't see much value in them. NT hybrid kernel is extremely well designed, and there is an ecosystem built around it. It is extremely unlikely anyone at Microsoft will find anything aiding in Office 98 compatability online...
  - will4274 8y ago
    > evidence of them scanning my OneDrive Microsoft publically states that they scan OneDrives for forbidden content, like pornography (yes, all pornography is forbidden on OneDrive, not just child pornography). > I bet if someone uploads the OS X source code to OneDrive, or perhaps a private Github repository, the good parts of its design would somehow make it into Windows The OS X kernel is open source, and that's the most valuable part of the OS X source code. It's not like Microsoft can import the OS X window styles. https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu
    - hollerith 8y ago
      >The OS X kernel is open source, and that's the most valuable part of the OS X source code Uh, no.
  - oaiey 8y ago
    I think we should be more careful to distinguish between accessing data and "big data" usage like stats, ads, ... (and scanning illegal stuff). The later is "normal" business while the other is a real breach of trust.
    - lucb1e 8y ago
      I'm pretty sure they don't ban Skype accounts based on algorithms alone, seems risky.

To survive, GItHub must provide the way to encrypt private repositories so that they can make sure that files cannot be read by github employees. Would that be possible?

oaiey 8y ago

Microsoft is the number two cloud vendor. When they violate the privacy of their paying customers, they are dead. And no, telemetry is about privacy but not the same as reading the data/code itself.

lucb1e 8y ago
> Microsoft is the number two cloud vendor. When they violate the privacy of their paying customers, they are dead. Perhaps it's different for paying customers, but I do have evidence of them scanning my OneDrive about ten year ago and them reading Skype chats about a year ago. I bet if someone uploads the OS X source code to OneDrive, or perhaps a private Github repository, the good parts of its design would somehow make it into Windows. Or perhaps something else that they can use, I'm pretty sure they'll check that out before making an acquisition offer.
- Demiurge 8y ago
  Perhaps it's besides the point, but core osx is open source as Darwin and XNU, and I don't see much value in them. NT hybrid kernel is extremely well designed, and there is an ecosystem built around it. It is extremely unlikely anyone at Microsoft will find anything aiding in Office 98 compatability online...
- will4274 8y ago
  > evidence of them scanning my OneDrive Microsoft publically states that they scan OneDrives for forbidden content, like pornography (yes, all pornography is forbidden on OneDrive, not just child pornography). > I bet if someone uploads the OS X source code to OneDrive, or perhaps a private Github repository, the good parts of its design would somehow make it into Windows The OS X kernel is open source, and that's the most valuable part of the OS X source code. It's not like Microsoft can import the OS X window styles. https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu
  - hollerith 8y ago
    >The OS X kernel is open source, and that's the most valuable part of the OS X source code Uh, no.
- oaiey 8y ago
  I think we should be more careful to distinguish between accessing data and "big data" usage like stats, ads, ... (and scanning illegal stuff). The later is "normal" business while the other is a real breach of trust.
  - lucb1e 8y ago
    I'm pretty sure they don't ban Skype accounts based on algorithms alone, seems risky.