We all have blind spots that our privilege creates. @github's introduction tutorial has people add the coordinates of their current location as a pull request. This was made by someone that has never been stalked, doxxed, or worried about their government. https://services.github.com/on-demand/intro-to-github/find-your-coordinates …
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All the public location data of every new
@github user who completed the GitHub introduction tutorial. What could possibly go wrong?https://github.com/githubschool/open-enrollment-classes-introduction-to-github/issues/ …2 replies 1 retweet 5 likesShow this thread -
Oh look, Steve did the
@github introduction tutorial from Community Park Elementary School: https://github.com/githubschool/open-enrollment-classes-introduction-to-github/issues/22196 …https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B021'26.3%22N+74%C2%B040'01.9%22W/@40.3586333,-74.6668602,15.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d40.3573!4d-74.6672 …1 reply 1 retweet 0 likesShow this thread -
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@github: Why does your introduction to GitHub tutorial collect and display publicly the location data of minors? https://services.github.com/on-demand/intro-to-github/find-your-coordinates …1 reply 4 retweets 10 likesShow this thread -
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@github's introduction tutorial encourages new users to publicly share their location in a pull request. It recent PRs include a location from 'purplecoder' from an elementary school in the Philipeans:https://www.google.com/maps/place/14%C2%B017'01.5%22N+120%C2%B048'03.8%22E/@14.2828178,120.7982891,15.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d14.28376!4d120.801041 …1 reply 2 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
Who do I know who works at
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The
@github intro tutorial asks people to share their location via a public pull request. The latitude and longitude often shows exactly where they live if they're in a rural area. Here's a new GitHub user's house in Oklahoma, USA:https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B010'36.2%22N+96%C2%B046'37.8%22W/@36.1749029,-96.7779588,16.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d36.1767133!4d-96.7771677 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
When a
@github user deletes their account, a "ghost" account is shown for all their PRs and comments. However, the intro tutorial asks people to add their username and location to the pull request. So you can find location data of deleted accounts:https://github.com/githubschool/open-enrollment-classes-introduction-to-github/pull/21918/files …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
I have no idea how this tutorial is GDPR compliant.
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*technically* not a crime, but it's still a corporation encouraging users to share personal info on their site, which can then never be deleted. Eh, it's dubiously moral at best.
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