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Love how the contributors all have what seems like dedicated accounts with no 'legal name'. Take for example this: https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/commits?aut

Love how the contributors all have what seems like dedicated accounts with no 'legal name'. Take for example this: https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/commits?author=n1474335 https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/commits?author=n1474335 n1474335 Great name. In typical GCHQ style they have good OPSEC. You can find more contributors here: https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/graphs/contributors https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/graphs/contributors d98762625 s2224834 Among others :)

jinseokim 5y ago
Interesting point: They just use Gmail.[1] [1]: https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/commit/c423de545fd0d27aabe21e32c2a5d09ec5c8ed47.patch https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/commit/c423de545fd0d27aabe...
- account42 5y ago
  You can put anything you want in the author and committer email so this doesn't guarantee that they actually use or even created those gmail accounts.
luto 5y ago
afaik those are user IDs of Chinese(?) messengers. Devs or others there like to use those as usernames because the are (of course) mostly unique and also enable others to easily contact them.
- raesene9 5y ago
  I don't think in this case it'll be messenger IDs (and if it is definitely not chinese) as GCHQ is the UK's equivalent of the NSA. They're a pretty secretive bunch, when they present in person they don't use real names, and if you go to their headquarters you have to leave all electronics at the door (did a talk there once and had to buy myself an analog watch for the day!)
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    Why did you buy an analog watch as opposed to just go without?
    - raesene9 5y ago
      I wanted to know what time it was for things like how long till my talk starts and how I was doing for timing. :)
- that_guy_iain 5y ago
  They're defo not Chinese. GCHQ is part of UK Intelligence. They also have the $id@publicemail.provider to hide their emails too.
- ProtoAES256 5y ago
  Chinese messenger ID-as-username mostly starts from q(QQ - counterpart FB Messenger) and s(Sina Weibo - counterpart FB/Twitter). Others(a - admob, b - bilibili etc.) are quite rare tbh so I don't think that's the case here.

jinseokim 5y ago

Interesting point: They just use Gmail.[1] [1]: https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/commit/c423de545fd0d27aabe21e32c2a5d09ec5c8ed47.patch https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/commit/c423de545fd0d27aabe...

account42 5y ago
You can put anything you want in the author and committer email so this doesn't guarantee that they actually use or even created those gmail accounts.

luto 5y ago

afaik those are user IDs of Chinese(?) messengers. Devs or others there like to use those as usernames because the are (of course) mostly unique and also enable others to easily contact them.

raesene9 5y ago
I don't think in this case it'll be messenger IDs (and if it is definitely not chinese) as GCHQ is the UK's equivalent of the NSA. They're a pretty secretive bunch, when they present in person they don't use real names, and if you go to their headquarters you have to leave all electronics at the door (did a talk there once and had to buy myself an analog watch for the day!)
- HWR_14 5y ago
  Why did you buy an analog watch as opposed to just go without?
  - raesene9 5y ago
    I wanted to know what time it was for things like how long till my talk starts and how I was doing for timing. :)
that_guy_iain 5y ago
They're defo not Chinese. GCHQ is part of UK Intelligence. They also have the $id@publicemail.provider to hide their emails too.
ProtoAES256 5y ago
Chinese messenger ID-as-username mostly starts from q(QQ - counterpart FB Messenger) and s(Sina Weibo - counterpart FB/Twitter). Others(a - admob, b - bilibili etc.) are quite rare tbh so I don't think that's the case here.