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GitHub Private Repos aren't as Private as You Think, and Contention in Open-Source Land | The Extra Byte

Although I'm not sure that I'd fault GitHub here, I'd also probably say they should be more clear. Also, it's hard to find the balance between open-source and proprietarity.

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Aidan Tilgner
Sep 13, 2024
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Hello and welcome to The Extra Byte, a paid-only segment of each week’s Byte Sized. This week we talked about some confusion with GitHub repositories which could cause security issues, and fauxpen-source. You can check out the original post here.

This was an interesting little breakdown for me. The GitHub thing was particularly surprising. There are plen…

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