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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-28T19:59:30.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Privacy",
    "cm0002",
    "18 comments",
    "https://infosec.pub/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.ml%2Fapi%2Fv3%2Fimage_proxy%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Flemmy.today%252Fapi%252Fv3%252Fimage_proxy%253Furl%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fupload.wikimedia.org%25252Fwikipedia%25252Fcommons%25252F0%25252F00%25252F%252525C5%25252581ajno_ko%252525C5%25252584skie_400.jpg",
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  "textContent": "submitted by cm0002 to privacy\n103 points | 18 comments\nhttps://infosec.pub/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.ml%2Fapi%2Fv3%2Fimage_proxy%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Flemmy.today%252Fapi%252Fv3%252Fimage_proxy%253Furl%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fupload.wikimedia.org%25252Fwikipedia%25252Fcommons%25252F0%25252F00%25252F%252525C5%25252581ajno_ko%252525C5%25252584skie_400.jpg\n\n> Github has made it impossible to create an account when using a VPN and a privacy browser with fully spoofed hardware identifiers. (Use Firefox or Firefox-based Privacy Browser, VPN, install Canvasblocker to test this.) I create an account with Google or Apple (both requiring hardware identifiers and numbers and birthdates) or I can use an email. When I use an email, it comes back with this horrible test, and even if I do it completely correctly, it tells me after I didn’t do the test right, gaslighting me with a picture of what I chose (which I didn’t choose) and showing me the correct picture (which I did choose and it claims I didn’t select).\n>\n> It’s fucking bullshit and it’s more corporate control of open source software. For people who have their discussion or issue tracker, I can’t even participate without hardware identifiers likely linked to me some other way and phone numbers. It’s fucking bullshit. If anyone from Microsoft is reading this, FUCK YOU!!!\n>\n> I am so tired of this bullshit. I just want to post an issue about a piece of software. You don’t need my fingerprint, hardware or personal, or biometric shit. This is a slippery slope. Fuck them.\n>\n> I really hope more developers just get the fuck off Github. Honestly, if you are developing privacy-oriented software and using github, there’s a mistmatch and it’s bullshit, and I know it’s time consuming and annoying to move, but please do. This is fucking bullshit and it’s not like it’s going to become LESS annoying over time. FUCK THIS.\n\nOC by @someone@lemmy.today",
  "title": "Fuck Github, Microsoft has made it impossible to create an account without linking to hardware or phones"
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