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		1qaz2wsx3edc on Aug 22, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: '; CREATE TABLE `Capture the Flag`;' -- Stripe's W... What scares me about this is they want you to authenticate via github with an app that's going to be hacked at. Is this not dangerous?

gdb on Aug 22, 2012 [–]

We just ask for your publicly readable profile information. For exactly that reason :).

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