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now GitHub wants to be "Big Brother" ?

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    BillWoodruff
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    Okay, I want to leave a comment on a blog article: I have to use GitHub to login (strange): I have to have a security code emailed to me to login by GitHub (annoying). GitHub sends me to "Giscus" :wtf: where I cannot login unless I agree to allow GitHub Apps to act "on my behalf," and other unnatural acts.

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    Authorizing GitHub Apps When does a GitHub App act on your behalf? To what extent can a GitHub App know which resources you can access and act on your behalf? You can authorize a GitHub App to allow an application to retrieve information about your TitHub account and, in some circumstances, to make changes on GitHub on your behalf.

    This is where "Open Source" has ended-up ?

    «The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

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      Okay, I want to leave a comment on a blog article: I have to use GitHub to login (strange): I have to have a security code emailed to me to login by GitHub (annoying). GitHub sends me to "Giscus" :wtf: where I cannot login unless I agree to allow GitHub Apps to act "on my behalf," and other unnatural acts.

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      Authorizing GitHub Apps When does a GitHub App act on your behalf? To what extent can a GitHub App know which resources you can access and act on your behalf? You can authorize a GitHub App to allow an application to retrieve information about your TitHub account and, in some circumstances, to make changes on GitHub on your behalf.

      This is where "Open Source" has ended-up ?

      «The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

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      Lost User
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      Open source means you can do it yourself. I was that paranoid. It's paying off with every headline from Kent.

      Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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        Open source means you can do it yourself. I was that paranoid. It's paying off with every headline from Kent.

        Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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        Marc Clifton
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        Eddy Vluggen wrote:

        Open source means you can do it yourself.

        I thought it meant "someone has done it for you already."

        Latest Article:
        Create a Digital Ocean Droplet for .NET Core Web API with a real SSL Certificate on a Domain

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          Eddy Vluggen wrote:

          Open source means you can do it yourself.

          I thought it meant "someone has done it for you already."

          Latest Article:
          Create a Digital Ocean Droplet for .NET Core Web API with a real SSL Certificate on a Domain

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          Lost User
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          Well, this year is going to be the year that Linux comes to every desktop!

          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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            Well, this year is going to be the year that Linux comes to every desktop!

            Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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            trønderen
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            Android smartphones have been laying around on desktops for years!

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            • B BillWoodruff

              Okay, I want to leave a comment on a blog article: I have to use GitHub to login (strange): I have to have a security code emailed to me to login by GitHub (annoying). GitHub sends me to "Giscus" :wtf: where I cannot login unless I agree to allow GitHub Apps to act "on my behalf," and other unnatural acts.

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              Authorizing GitHub Apps When does a GitHub App act on your behalf? To what extent can a GitHub App know which resources you can access and act on your behalf? You can authorize a GitHub App to allow an application to retrieve information about your TitHub account and, in some circumstances, to make changes on GitHub on your behalf.

              This is where "Open Source" has ended-up ?

              «The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

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              Shuqian Ying
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              :) Perhaps they are using the OAuth[^] protocol ... Other sites even do not ask users for permission

              Find more in V-NET: connects your resources anywhere[^].

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                Android smartphones have been laying around on desktops for years!

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                Lost User
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                That's what they do; hanging around a real CPU. I've yet to meet a developer who is seriously about apps on phones. Given the UI's, I think most of it is "written" by some form of.. Acrobat Player. I for one, don't touch them.

                Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                  :) Perhaps they are using the OAuth[^] protocol ... Other sites even do not ask users for permission

                  Find more in V-NET: connects your resources anywhere[^].

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                  BillWoodruff
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                  I think you are correct: [^].

                  «The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

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                  • M Marc Clifton

                    Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                    Open source means you can do it yourself.

                    I thought it meant "someone has done it for you already."

                    Latest Article:
                    Create a Digital Ocean Droplet for .NET Core Web API with a real SSL Certificate on a Domain

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                    dandy72
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                    No, it means when it's broken, there's a good chance it'll become your problem to solve.

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                    • B BillWoodruff

                      Okay, I want to leave a comment on a blog article: I have to use GitHub to login (strange): I have to have a security code emailed to me to login by GitHub (annoying). GitHub sends me to "Giscus" :wtf: where I cannot login unless I agree to allow GitHub Apps to act "on my behalf," and other unnatural acts.

                      Quote:

                      Authorizing GitHub Apps When does a GitHub App act on your behalf? To what extent can a GitHub App know which resources you can access and act on your behalf? You can authorize a GitHub App to allow an application to retrieve information about your TitHub account and, in some circumstances, to make changes on GitHub on your behalf.

                      This is where "Open Source" has ended-up ?

                      «The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

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                      Jeremy Falcon
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                      Um... TitHub? :~ :rolleyes:

                      Jeremy Falcon

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