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Looks like the Github repo has already been nuked, I'm guessing for violating ToS on Github actions?

• simple10 5mo ago
  The website has a broken github link. Repo is here https://github.com/DO-SAY-GO/ghostbox-releases https://github.com/DO-SAY-GO/ghostbox-releases but it's only a README.md with binary releases. No public source code?
  • mbreese 5mo ago
    The readme says it’s proprietary code that’s free to use during a “preview”. Odd to be so tied to GitHub for proprietary code.
    • rithdmc 5mo ago
      GitHub is one of the most readily accessible sources of parasitic compute resources.
      • keepamovin 5mo ago
        "Parasitic compute" is strange way to describe "a user running dev workflows on their own GitHub Actions allocation" when you run ghost, it creates a "ghostbox" - an ephemeral machine on your GitHub account, on your GitHub actions minutes, accessible only by your SSH identity. It's orchestration around GitHub's infra. Proprietary software built on GitHub is not exactly an unusual category.
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  • ktm5j 5mo ago
    Yeah this seems pretty sketch.. I would not run that binary.
    • keepamovin 5mo ago
      I don't believe in releasing source anymore after years of doing it. It's closed source, Rust binary, proprietary but free software offered as a utility. It's the same patterns as used by coding agents and many other CLI tools.
      • Zetaphor 5mo ago
        Can you elaborate on why you feel this way? I'm not going to trust a closed source binary with anything related to my personal projects
        • keepamovin 5mo ago
          You trust the agentic coding binaries no doubt? So, your threat model is that I’m really building my business and reputation by creating illegal, criminal malware? Ponder that, is that really a plausible thing to you? You think that about me?
          • d1sxeyes 5mo ago
            No-one knows who you are, and you’re clearly not against using something like GH Actions in a way other than its intended purpose. What’s to say you won’t pivot to running a tiny VM on my machine and making it available to others?
            • keepamovin 5mo ago
              Is that right? Well, some people know. I’m Cris, and you are? But wait I’ve been building so much, for all this time, but you think what I’ve really being doing is building malware, and there’ve been no consequences, somehow nobody’s noticed and I’ve just “gotten away with it”? Go check out my GitHub: https://github.com/crisdosaygo https://github.com/crisdosaygo
              • d1sxeyes 5mo ago
  • sikozu 5mo ago
    https://github.com/crisdosaygo/ghostbox-home-reveal https://github.com/crisdosaygo/ghostbox-home-reveal This looks more promising?
    • dunham 5mo ago
      Yeah, I think that's what the program creates in your github account. I see the source to those files embedded in the executable. (I'm not running the executable, but I downloaded the linux one to my mac to take a look inside.)
  • KomoD 5mo ago
    "Access to this repository has been disabled by GitHub Staff due to a violation of GitHub's terms of service" poof
    • keepamovin 5mo ago
      And abracadabra - it will return. That's just the crowd madness leading folks from this very thread to abuse the flag/report button on GitHub repo to get it auto-disabled. I trust it will resurrect once GitHub gets around to inspecting.
• keepamovin 5mo ago
  Sorry I forgot to set it public. It's fine now.