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Re: Gitter, chat for GitHub, is now public beta

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Post by skywhopper » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 5:20 PM UTC

mydigitalself wrote: post #28

tvon wrote: post #26

That's one hell of an authorization request. I see the reasoning in the sidebar, but I'm not really willing to take that kind of chance to try out a new chat service.

https://gitter.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200176672-Authe...

Until Github provides a more granular permission API, no one should be using this service. Doesn't matter what they promise. Mistakes happen.

Re: Gitter, chat for GitHub, is now public beta

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Post by facorreia » Thu, Feb 06, 2014, 11:59 AM UTC

mydigitalself wrote: post #6

facorreia wrote: post #5

It's an interesting concept and could provide an alternative to IRC for GitHub projects. I've subscribed with an account I created specifically for Gitter. I definitely won't grant the level of access to my account that Gitter asks for currently[1]. [1] https://gitter.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200176672-Authe...

You mean just the basic level @facorreia?

I mean wanting write access over all kind of things. Just say no.

https://gitter.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200178971-You-w...

Re: Gitter, chat for GitHub, is now public beta

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Post by facorreia » Thu, Feb 06, 2014, 12:00 PM UTC

skywhopper wrote: post #31

mydigitalself wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://gitter.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200176672-Authe...

Until Github provides a more granular permission API, no one should be using this service. Doesn't matter what they promise. Mistakes happen.

I agree. This makes them a huge hacking target. I hope they're not using Rails, to boot.