GitHub usually asks the user to provide permissions explicitly. When you go through the OAuth flow, GitHub will show what permissions the app require and you ha

GitHub usually asks the user to provide permissions explicitly. When you go through the OAuth flow, GitHub will show what permissions the app require and you have to provide them explicitly. This is an unfortunate event and I hope GitHub will lift the ban from the ones affected and enforce ban on the people misusing this. But always check what permissions you are giving.