<story><title>Anyone can access deleted and private repository data on GitHub</title><url>https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/anyone-can-access-deleted-and-private-repo-data-github</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hackerbirds</author><text>Users should never be expected to know these gotchas for a feature called &amp;quot;private&amp;quot;, documented or not. It&amp;#x27;s disappointing to see GitHub calling it a feature instead of a bug, to me it just shows a complete lack of care about security. Privacy features should _always_ have a strict, safe default.&lt;p&gt;In the meantime I&amp;#x27;ll be calling &amp;quot;private&amp;quot; repos &amp;quot;unlisted&amp;quot;, seems more appropriate</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>layer8</author><text>&amp;gt; I&amp;#x27;ll be calling &amp;quot;private&amp;quot; repos &amp;quot;unlisted&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The same for “deleted” repos.</text></comment>
<story><title>Anyone can access deleted and private repository data on GitHub</title><url>https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/anyone-can-access-deleted-and-private-repo-data-github</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hackerbirds</author><text>Users should never be expected to know these gotchas for a feature called &amp;quot;private&amp;quot;, documented or not. It&amp;#x27;s disappointing to see GitHub calling it a feature instead of a bug, to me it just shows a complete lack of care about security. Privacy features should _always_ have a strict, safe default.&lt;p&gt;In the meantime I&amp;#x27;ll be calling &amp;quot;private&amp;quot; repos &amp;quot;unlisted&amp;quot;, seems more appropriate</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chrisandchris</author><text>Yep, I see GitHub as &amp;quot;public only&amp;quot; hosting, and if I want to host something private, I will choose another vendor.</text></comment>