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Hi CEO of GitHub.

You "hacked" yourself. A majority of commits are not "verified", and a majority of users don't know to "look for" the verified label. Why didn't you make signing mandatory if you recommend it?

As for repercussions to your mismanagement, I will certainly stay tuned.

In summary: you're fucked.

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Because the vast majority of their users don't want (or need, really) to bother with setting up GPG, making a key, adding their key to their account, etc.

Also, if users don't know the very basics of how Git works, they probably shouldn't be using it, and certainly not trusting it.

You're right... the vast majority of users should certainly no longer trust github.

Please let me know when you figure out how your complaint is in any way specific to GitHub, as opposed to git in general.

My personal git isn't used by millions of people, as opposed to github.com that is used by millions of people in general.

Your personal git isn't relevant to the question.

That is the whole point... it's different. Which is why it IS relevant.

Nobody is talking about your "personal git" (I assume you mean your personal git repository). We are talking about two software programs: git, and GitHub. Both are ABSOLUTELY used by millions of people.

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