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Besides, the "except" part qualifying the "human eyes" is substantial. GitHub is a Californian company they are beholden to US regulation that requires them to
by PeterStuer 3y ago
Besides, the "except" part qualifying the "human eyes" is substantial.
GitHub is a Californian company they are beholden to US regulation that requires them to hand over data upon legal request, and they can be prohibited from telling you they did. These requests happen frequently.
- simonw 3y agoGitHub publish a transparency report where they reveal how many of these requests they processed. https://github.blog/tag/github-transparency-report/ https://github.blog/tag/github-transparency-report/ > In 2022, GitHub received and processed 432 requests to disclose user information, as compared to 335 in 2021. Of those 432 requests, 274 were subpoenas (with 265 of those subpoenas being criminal or from government agencies and 9 being civil), 97 were court orders, and 22 were search warrants. Concerning national security letters: > We’re very limited in what we can legally disclose about national security letters and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) orders. We report information about these types of requests in ranges of 250, starting with zero. As shown below, we received 0–249 notices from July to December 2022, affecting 250–499 accounts.
- L3viathan 3y ago> As shown below, we received 0–249 notices from July to December 2022, affecting 250–499 accounts. Seems like we can increase the lower bound ever so slightly: It couldn't have been zero, otherwise it would affect "0-249 accounts".