Obtain a GitHub user's public keys

Re:Obtain a GitHub user's public keys by intull on Monday June 16, 2014 @09:24AM (#7898886)

Is this supposed to be okay? I mean, even though they are public keys, its not like I really want them to be _that_ public!

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Re:Obtain a GitHub user's public keys by octo_t on Monday June 16, 2014 @09:38AM (#7898956)

Whats the harm? At most, people can encrypt things with your public key and then...?

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Re:Obtain a GitHub user's public keys by stared on Monday June 16, 2014 @10:03AM (#7899072)

For example they can identify my different accounts, when I sue the same key.

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Re:Obtain a GitHub user's public keys by automatthew on Monday June 16, 2014 @12:25PM (#7899870)

Last time I tried to use the same public key for a second account, GitHub refused.

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Re:Obtain a GitHub user's public keys by thu on Monday June 16, 2014 @09:45AM (#7898984)

I'd say that at most it forces you a bit more (if that was necessary) to check the SSH fingerprint of the machines you're SSHing into.

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Re:Obtain a GitHub user's public keys by Perseids on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @03:45AM (#7903268)

I also view this as information leakage. I keep some of my online pseudonyms completely separated, and stuff like that allows people to link them together, if I was not careful enough to use a separate ssh key.

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