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Re:Advent of Code – solve a puzzle every day by maxerickson on Saturday December 05, 2015 @01:26PM (#10682753)
What are the privacy implications of having your github account provide an oath token to some rando site that you input a few numbers and strings into?

I guess they could collect wrong attempts and use them to try to shame people?

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Re:Advent of Code – solve a puzzle every day by such_a_casual on Saturday December 05, 2015 @01:32PM (#10682774)
There is no implication whatsoever. It's explicit. This website has no need for your irl identity (or even just your identity as a programmer).
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Re:Advent of Code – solve a puzzle every day by maxerickson on Saturday December 05, 2015 @01:40PM (#10682806)
Okay, what are the dire problems that arise from sharing an identity with some rando site that you also put some numbers into?
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Re:Advent of Code – solve a puzzle every day by aaronem on Monday December 07, 2015 @07:22AM (#10688962)
Utterly nonexistent, which is why I'm surprised to see people making such a big damn deal over it. The privacy implications of having an identifiable account on any of the services used for AoC login are enormous by comparison, but I guess there's always some folks who'll "strain out gnats, yet swallow camels".
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