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GitHub: Can no longer search code without being logged in https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/77046 I guess they are trying to block bots (especially AI bots) like everyone running a website with useful data. Every major site is now restricting access because data is the next gold mine to train shitty AI bots

Like 27 Nov 2023 at 15:21 | Open on mastodon.social

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crumbcake

@nixCraft I thought they made this change a few months ago

27 Nov 2023 at 15:23 | Open on meow.social

Main Battle Dad

@crumbcake @nixCraft Yep, it was in early June. https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-07-code-search-now-requires-login/

27 Nov 2023 at 16:25 | Open on infosec.exchange

Wiktor - wikiyu

@nixCraft@mastodon.social laughing...

They trained copilot on github... Why anyone else could do the same?

27 Nov 2023 at 15:23 | Open on thoughts.tf

sk

@nixCraft 🐧 time for activitypub enabled git

27 Nov 2023 at 15:29 | Open on hub.utsukta.org

@nixCraft Searching code without being logged was also not possible around a year ago. I don’t think that this is a new thing.

Still awful, just not new awful.

27 Nov 2023 at 15:44 | Open on fosstodon.org

Shannon Quinn :verified_root:

@nixCraft The steady march of enshittification continues.

27 Nov 2023 at 15:52 | Open on quinnwitz.house

WerySkok :verified_think:

@nixCraft but they still gonna sell Copilot

27 Nov 2023 at 17:12 | Open on mastodon.ml