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Hi, I added a few of my apps and got very quickly rate limited by Github. The solution you provide is to add a Personal Access Token, which I could do since I have a Github account. But before doing it, I want to be sure to understand the privacy implications : with such a token, Github could in theory know every app that I (i.e. my github account) have on my phone, right ? I'm not sure how PAT works, hence my question. Thank you ! |
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Yes, in theory every API request you make with your token can be associated with any identifying info in your GitHub account (like your email). That said, the GitHub API has lots of use cases so it's not like they would know that "these are the mobile apps @fbdb updates through Obtainium" - it would be more like "@fbdb requests info about these repos X times a day for some reason." I also don't think GitHub accounts need phone numbers or anything like that, so you could just use a separate account with a pseudonymous email (not that that would guarantee anything). |
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Understood, thank you for the explanation ! |
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Yes, in theory every API request you make with your token can be associated with any identifying info in your GitHub account (like your email). That said, the GitHub API has lots of use cases so it's not like they would know that "these are the mobile apps @fbdb updates through Obtainium" - it would be more like "@fbdb requests info about these repos X times a day for some reason." I also don't think GitHub accounts need phone numbers or anything like that, so you could just use a separate account with a pseudonymous email (not that that would guarantee anything).