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GitHub allowed users to host critical code behind keys that were trivial for bad actors to compromise. End of story. They should have blocked those keys. They
by 3pt14159 11y ago
GitHub allowed users to host critical code behind keys that were trivial for bad actors to compromise.
End of story. They should have blocked those keys. They didn't. The majority of the modern open source software movement is centred around a company that couldn't be bothered to lock down the cryptographic keys that protect millions of people from intrusion.
And when I point this out I get downvoted. Completely contrary to the HN guidelines of what deserves a downvote. If people disagree with me that it is gross negligence (which I still 100% view that it is) then they are more than able to voice that, but I'm not some new user shooting their mouth off or saying a dumb inane thing. I'm legitimately concerned about how seriously Github takes software security.