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> Is it possible? Definitely. But that's extremely rare, especially if you want to keep a relatively natural pattern for the commits and replies. What sort of
by sophacles 3y ago
> Is it possible? Definitely. But that's extremely rare, especially if you want to keep a relatively natural pattern for the commits and replies.
What sort of nonsense is this? Have you ever actually known any software developers? A huge number of them keep odd hours, moreso in the infosec sphere. They wouldn't need to automate anything, just start working hours that match the timezone that they're faking... If it really is a state actor, I imagine they'd be able to find someone willing to keep those hours.
- kuschku 3y agoI've spent a lot of time analysing activity patterns, it's not as simple as you think, especially once you combine IRC, GitHub interactions and commits themselves. These are my own hours for example (from a few years ago): https://i.k8r.eu/lgN3ug.png https://i.k8r.eu/lgN3ug.png
- MichaelZuo 3y agoI would have to agree with kushku, it’s a very very high bar to fake thousand of timestamps over several years in a consistent way that doesn’t attract suspicion under forensic scrutiny. Of course this is post facto so not that helpful until after something serious happens. If there was some sort of reputation system that could do this analysis automatically then that would be very useful.
- yogorenapan 3y agoI agree. I don’t follow the time zone of the country I live in as I work remote. Haven’t seen the sun in a while. Probably not healthy.