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A comment on GitHub's email correlation for authorship. Parent comment

Re:GitHub's email correlation for authorship by clemesha on Wednesday May 12, 2010 @06:52PM (#1342544)
You have it correct. What you say in your second sentence is exactly the issue.

If this is "actually" a big issue or not is another question.

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Re:GitHub's email correlation for authorship by technoweenie on Thursday May 13, 2010 @02:35PM (#1345173)
Sure, all it does is links the commit to a github login. It doesn't somehow give you access to any data that's not yours. You've just discovered another way to post spam.
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