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| author | Nicholas Johnson <nick@nicholasjohnson.ch> | 2023-07-12 00:00:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicholas Johnson <nick@nicholasjohnson.ch> | 2023-07-12 00:00:00 +0000 |
| commit | 7a10f7779f5715cd3d005d3be33ec790f0d41d3a0937172d59983a672cc9663f (patch) | |
| tree | efb54c1c2e5e9d8380499630cbb3d8971115cb524d8170c4ba1eff212af1da02 | |
| parent | 384d19226f7539bc1e6dc18e8d218db6a381969a048b5027d7b1b584286241b5 (diff) | |
Clarify the privacy risk
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ## ❌ Default Git Privacy ❌ -With only 3 commands *anyone* can find out the dates and exact times, down to the second, that a developer makes commits. +With only 3 commands, *anyone* can find out the dates, time zones, and exact clock times a developer makes commits. ```sh git clone <target-repo> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cd <target-repo> git log --format=fuller ``` -Over a long enough timespan, exact commit times can be used to deduce private information about a developers life. For instance, their likely timezone and sleep patterns. +This can leak personal information about a developer's life. The time zones reveal the developer's approximate location in the world at that time and exact commit times recorded over a sufficient timespan may be used to deduce a developer's sleep patterns for example. ## 📅 Git Timestamps 📅 |