Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online
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#2This certainly could be uncomfortable for Musk.
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#3Is an anonymous user on Github protected from Twitter learning their actual identity?
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#4Is an anonymous user on Github protected from Twitter learning their actual identity?
I would think their identity is as subject to subpoena as any anon user at any social media service.
From the article:
> Twitter also asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to order GitHub to identify the person who shared the code and any other individuals who downloaded it, according to the filing.
I wonder if GitHub could be compelled to turn over ever IP that did a git clone?
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#5Is an anonymous user on Github protected from Twitter learning their actual identity?
Not in legal discovery.
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#6I've got to admit I get a kick out of the fact that the GitHub username was "FreeSpeechEnthusiast" https://github.com/github/dmca/blame/master/2023/03/2023-03-...
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#7"It was unclear how long the leaked code had been online, but it appeared to have been public for at least several months."
Interesting. I wonder what the repo was called, I imagine it couldn't have been anything extremely obvious or we would have heard about this earlier.
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#8This certainly could be uncomfortable for Musk.
He'll just use it as more evidence that the people he laid off deserved to be laid off.
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#9> One concern is that the code includes security vulnerabilities
I find this kind of funny, because open source is typically viewed as a benefit as far as security is concerned.
Given how few engineers remain at Twitter, they probably ought to open source their code and allow outsiders to find and fix security vulnerabilities, freeing up Twitter engineers to figure out how in the world to generate revenue for the service.
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#10> One concern is that the code includes security vulnerabilities I find this kind of funny, because open source is typically viewed as a benefit as far as security is concerned. Given how few engineers remain at Twitter, they probably ought to open source their code and allow outsiders to find and fix security vulnerabilities, freeing up Twitter engineers to figure out how in the world to generate revenue for the ser…
For client code sure. Not server code that protects user data that could be exploited with a 0-day exploit.