On: Tell HN: GitHub is blocking search unless you are logged in

[daqhris]

As an illustration, near the end of last year, bots from a renowned Email API provider spotted in less than 1 hour the leak of a public key from my public GitHub code repo. My account got suspended on their platform. It was stunning to see the speed at which they acted and automated the process to "lose" and "recover" reputation.

[Nullabillity → daqhris]

That's an official "feature": https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/secret-scanning/abo...

[daqhris → Nullabillity]

thank you for the enlightment. now it all makes sense in my mind.