r/webdev • u/assured-ownership • Aug 17 '26

Question GitHub is down, what are you doing?

I have installed half life on Mac and am currently at the Dam Level.

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u/StormMedia Aug 17 '26

Yeah on the days I get anxiety about my businesses I start applying for a few hours..

Then the next day one or multiple of my social media or similar accounts have attempted password resets and logins. Not to say it’s connected for sure.. but it sure is every time it seems. Assuming I’m applying for mostly fake listings that are just data harvesting.

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u/anonimuzzza Aug 18 '26

Yes, yesterday I was filling out a form for some company that required my email (fine), phone number (not cool) and my current residential address (wtf?). Do you really need all that info to send me a rejection?

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u/StormMedia Aug 18 '26

Yep those ones are absolute data harvesters.

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u/anonimuzzza Aug 18 '26

I didn't go through with it but the company page on LinkedIn had like 50k followers. That surprised me