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GitHub deprecates account passwords for authenticating Git operations

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    Kent Sharkey
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    Bleeping Computer[^]:

    This change was first announced last year, in July, when GitHub said that authenticated Git operations would require using an SSH key or token-based authentication.

    Does this mean I have to start posting my SSH key in these blurbs?

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      Bleeping Computer[^]:

      This change was first announced last year, in July, when GitHub said that authenticated Git operations would require using an SSH key or token-based authentication.

      Does this mean I have to start posting my SSH key in these blurbs?

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      Given the amount of private keys people have uploaded to GitHub without understanding what they are I wonder how easy it would be to write a scripted that crawled GitHub and used each of those keys to try log in with the account that uploaded it. I bet some of them will work.

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        Given the amount of private keys people have uploaded to GitHub without understanding what they are I wonder how easy it would be to write a scripted that crawled GitHub and used each of those keys to try log in with the account that uploaded it. I bet some of them will work.

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        Evil, but likely accurate. X| :sigh:

        TTFN - Kent

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