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I'm a little unclear as to why JiaT75's github account still exists? Surely this should be nuked from orbit so that no one accidentally ends up using their shad
by elric 2y ago
I'm a little unclear as to why JiaT75's github account still exists? Surely this should be nuked from orbit so that no one accidentally ends up using their shady code?
- sammcgrail 2y agoHistory is useful
- TickleSteve 2y agoremoving their account doesnt remove their commits.
- falqun 2y agoThe deletion of the account would not delete commits associated with it. The commit would still contain everything potentially malicious, plus a reference to an account that would be deleted. Which is actually worse, you cant track what code a malicious actor has contributed (easily). So the correct thing to do is take away login / deactivate the account, and then start going through all contributions and check them via the account that references all of this.
- alphabetting 2y agoWould be cool if there was a big warning icon with "ACCOUNT LOCKED: STATE ACTOR" like for cheaters on chess websites
- poikroequ 2y agoIt's useful to keep it up so the public can scrutinize all their commits and fix anything suspicious.
- elric 2y agoSure, but there is zero indication of that on their user page. At the very least the account should be disabled, all repos should be archived, and a big fat warning banner should be prominently visible. The current state of affairs seems irresponsible.
- Bluestein 2y agoLabeling - bringing up the actor, and the method involved - is useful.-
- JadeNB 2y agoWhy do you write all your periods "." in this post (but not in others, per your comment history) as ".-"?
- Bluestein 2y agoHate to bother you with a reply on this, but, since you mention ... I beg to differ, I actually checked.- I'd hate it if I had been less than consistent :) PS. At least from about 2021 on ...
- JadeNB 2y agoWhat I found was a bunch of occurrences '...' without a hyphen, which I assumed indicated the general trend, but on further searching I see that it is as you say. Nonetheless, if I may still ask, why?
- Bluestein 2y ago(I am in the end unsure about your question, but will try to answer it, if, by asking, you mean my general use of ".-"? I nonetheless appreciate your curiosity).-
- JadeNB 2y ago> … if, by asking, you mean my general use of ".-"? Yup, that's what I mean.
- Bluestein 2y agoIt is something of a mark of style - which, since you kindly ask - I inherited from my father, and I use as a sort of homage.- PS. It has also, countless times, saved me when I "retroactively" needed to claim authorship of something I had writen, by pointing it out. Most people either don't notice or do and don't say ...