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pwdisswordfishytoday at 12:14 AM2 repliesview on HN

Yes, and in the real world where Grice's Maxim of Relevance is in force, then when the secrets issuer that is the subject of the discussion isn't one of those partners, then an informative "reminder" that GitHub "has a secret scanning program" with a bunch of other partners is not actually informative. It's as superfluous and unhelpful as calling to let someone know you're not interested in the item they've posted for sale on Craiglist (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWG3jKzKcm8>).


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wat10000today at 12:33 AM

It's more useful than telling someone that their statement is a tautology in formal logic.

richbelltoday at 12:20 AM

How is reminding people that they can safely revoke exposed API keys not informative? Why are you being so combative?