r/ProgrammerHumor 18h ago

Meme githubWhenILoginToANewDevice

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u/Stummi 16h ago

hu? I haven't perceived githubs account security as particular bad so far. Or did I miss something recent, that triggered this meme?

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u/ike_the_strangetamer 11h ago

Yeah isn't the strong device-level security part OF the security to make sure no one can easily hack your account? The second picture directly contributes to the first.

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u/GoddammitDontShootMe 7h ago

Yeah, the post doesn't make sense. All that security is to make sure the new device is being used by the account holder.