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The harm is that if you use the same key elsewhere, it can be linked to your github identity.
by boring_twenties 7y ago
The harm is that if you use the same key elsewhere, it can be linked to your github identity.
- dspillett 7y agoIf you are needing to keep your identity hidden/ambiguous, then you need to be careful with your keys. Don't publish a public key if you don't want it to be public! These keys and the ways people often used them are very much not designed with privacy as a priority: they are explicitly for proving who you are so you can be given access to something. Key management with regard to keeping different concerns separated is up to the user.
- boring_twenties 7y agoI think it's fine as long as you _know_ github is going to make it public. The only problem is that it's not at all obvious, as can be seen in this very thread.