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Re: FOSS accused of “abuse” by Telefonica because 1998 signed code with corp email

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Post by greatgib »

The most stupid things are probably that:

- the employee might not even work there, so the email not being valid anymore, the security argument looks lame

- contributions were used to be done by email, so the email address will be public anyway

Re: FOSS accused of “abuse” by Telefonica because 1998 signed code with corp email

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Post by anthk »

Nextgrid wrote: post #7

This is exactly the level of competence I'd expect from "Telefónica Cybersecurity & Cloud Tech". The following comment is a good rebuttal to these idiots: https://github.com/steve-m/speedport_neo_source/issues/1#iss...

Cesar Alierta wouldn't like your comment.

Re: FOSS accused of “abuse” by Telefonica because 1998 signed code with corp email

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Post by SyrupThinker »

oytis wrote: post #3

What does GDPR have to say here? Do maintainers have to rewrite git history if someone requests deleting their email from it?

Interpretation of some random person on the internet

I imagine this might fall under Art. 17 3. (Right to erasure), possibly (e) specifically.

> Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the extent that processing is necessary:

> […]

> for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

> – https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/

Although I wonder how it works with Art. 16 (Right to rectification) which does not list such an exception.

I’m also not sure what constitutes a “personal activity” in Art. 2 2. (c) (Material scope), so it might just not apply depending on the project.

> This Regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data:

>[…]

> by a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity;

> – https://gdpr-info.eu/art-2-gdpr/

Re: FOSS accused of “abuse” by Telefonica because 1998 signed code with corp email

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Post by voakbasda »

scanny wrote: post #12

Link is down, archive.org copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20230109174817/https://github.co...

Why did it get removed? This kind of thing needs to be left up as evidence of their incompetence and as a warning to others that would follow in their footsteps.

Re: FOSS accused of “abuse” by Telefonica because 1998 signed code with corp email

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Post by Nextgrid »

anthk wrote: post #13
Nextgrid wrote: post #7

This is exactly the level of competence I'd expect from "Telefónica Cybersecurity & Cloud Tech". The following comment is a good rebuttal to these idiots: https://github.com/steve-m/speedport_neo_source/issues/1#iss...

Cesar Alierta wouldn't like your comment.

I don't think most big consultancies would like any of my comments!

Re: FOSS accused of “abuse” by Telefonica because 1998 signed code with corp email

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Post by db48x »

hgsgm wrote: post #17

Can someone translate the title into English?

25 years ago someone put their corporate email address in some comments in the source code of this project. Now that company has outsourced their reputation to the lowest bidder, who is claiming that the address reveals secret or private information about the internal network of the corporation.

Re: FOSS accused of “abuse” by Telefonica because 1998 signed code with corp email

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Post by joshumax »

voakbasda wrote: post #15
scanny wrote: post #12

Link is down, archive.org copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20230109174817/https://github.co...

Why did it get removed? This kind of thing needs to be left up as evidence of their incompetence and as a warning to others that would follow in their footsteps.

Sorry, I think this might tangentially be my fault. I know someone who works on the GitHub team and let them know about the situation via IM. A few minutes later both the account and the issue disappeared.
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