Who would use their real name for GitHub?
Osgint – OSINT tool to find information about GitHub user
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Re: Osgint – OSINT tool to find information about GitHub user
#12Who does this benefit besides spammers?
People who want to make sure that nothing wrong is shared with spammers or the world in general?
Re: Osgint – OSINT tool to find information about GitHub user
#13Who does this benefit besides spammers?
Stalkers and abusers
Re: Osgint – OSINT tool to find information about GitHub user
#14Who does this benefit besides spammers?
People who want to make sure that nothing wrong is shared with spammers or the world in general?
Why would you want that?
I would, in general, prefer that incorrect information about me was shared with spammers, if any information is shared. Ditto for most third parties that I don't have a direct relationship with or ongoing conversation. And even then, usually the information they need about me is pretty limited.
Re: Osgint – OSINT tool to find information about GitHub user
#15I do feel you have a bit of an ethical obligation to also have a "how to avoid leaking this information" section in your README.
Re: Osgint – OSINT tool to find information about GitHub user
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
People who want to make sure that nothing wrong is shared with spammers or the world in general?
Why would you want that? I would, in general, prefer that incorrect information about me was shared with spammers, if any information is shared. Ditto for most third parties that I don't have a direct relationship with or ongoing conversation. And even then, usually the information they need about me is pretty limited.
nothing wrong = nothing I want out there. not talking about security through obfuscation
Re: Osgint – OSINT tool to find information about GitHub user
#17also see gitrecon
Re: Osgint – OSINT tool to find information about GitHub user
#18ok, but it doesn't actually tell you anything new except the email everything else is literally just the info on the github profile page
And I assume the emails are obtained from the commits' metadata, which is known to show your email when you upload code to Github.
Re: Osgint – OSINT tool to find information about GitHub user
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would you want that? I would, in general, prefer that incorrect information about me was shared with spammers, if any information is shared. Ditto for most third parties that I don't have a direct relationship with or ongoing conversation. And even then, usually the information they need about me is pretty limited.
nothing wrong = nothing I want out there. not talking about security through obfuscation
Ah gotcha, thanks!
Re: Osgint – OSINT tool to find information about GitHub user
#20You may not be the creator, but the intent of this repo appears to be at odds with GitHub's acceptable use policies.
For anyone else dealing with recruiters or companies spamming you from your github commit email, it's reportable under information usage restrictions and privacy.
https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-polici...