Gitnonymous
Security and privacy
anonymous git contributions
SHOW HN2015
46points
5comments
#616of 2,565 in 2015
Top 25%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Privacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
Objections
Not truly anonymous: timezone, commit times and SSH client version leak information
From 1 comment
A few things: This seems to really be a pseudonym management tool, which is useful, but technically not anonymous. A few information leaks still present: * Timezone (narrows down…
ryan-c on HN
Requests
Randomize commit times to hide working hours
From 2 comments
Time data could/should be randomized (can still be ordered, but distribute regularly over the day). Couple this with pushing commits at random times in a defined timezone and you…
detaro on HNYou want to make at least a 24 hour window of plausible commit time, which is constrained by the previous pull time (assuming it is from someone else and not obfuscated), and the…
ryan-c on HN
Document the information leaks in the README
From 1 comment
This is great feedback. I will add some notes to the README and investigate some possible strategies for mitigating these information leaks. Thank you!
chr15m on HN
Questions
Why time ordering is needed when the tree is already ordered
From 1 comment
Why do you need time ordering when you have an ordered tree structure ooi?
lamby on HN