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I'd rather Github not become the Gmail of version control.



Github is already the Gmail of version control. Isn't this the reason the attack is possible? Every file is automatically indexed for search.


Yes. However I meant that I don't want Github to start developing features that involves scanning and applying AI to codebases and their users' behavior, because I think it's a temptation they start marketing that data.

E.g., "Buy our engineer intelligence subscription! Find out if your job applicant is a ninja or noob!"

I suppose there's an argument that the data is already public and anyone could apply that analysis, which is true. But the difference is that Github is not profiting from this; their feature development will continue to focus on private repo owners as their customers (whose interests are pretty much aligned with public repo owners).




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