631 sats \ 5 replies \ @zuspotirko 31 Dec 2023 \ on: Is GitHub (Microsoft) paving the way for the prosecution of some OSS devs? bitcoin
2FA isn't "prosecution" in my book, maybe paranoia. Depends on the meaning of the word "prosecution" tho.
But it's safe to say that anonymity on Github/Gitlab is dead. Or will be soon. If you want anonymity in FOSS you have to leave Github or any platform like it.
The FOSS community should have left Github years ago. Why they haven't is a bewildering mystery to me.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 31 Dec 2023
It's the dev version of leaving your btc on Coinbase -- the convenience makes everything so much easier. It doesn't matter till all of a sudden it does.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @rleed OP 31 Dec 2023
Where would FOSS go, as an alternative?
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 31 Dec 2023
IMO there isn't a good solution yet.
Developers could develop without Github or use a selfhosted Gitlab. And/or use Git in a p2p way. And then publish on an own website or via torrent.
Maybe someday someone will make something decentralized on Nostr or Usenet or something. But I'm not smart enough or have the time to tackle it.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @GlobalThreat 31 Dec 2023
freespeech git platforms like codeberg
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @rleed OP 31 Dec 2023
Yeah, anonymity was where I was going with that title.
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