[zinekeller]

... and you didn't understand the underlying problem, which proves my point of people quickly dismissing "low-maintenance" applications. This isn't a Windows application which still chugs because of immense herculean compatibility made by Microsoft, this application, which was supposed to be quickly installable in Heroku... isn't. That says a lot.

[maryjpenny]

Heroku you say? Could it be related to this?

https://github.blog/2022-04-15-security-alert-stolen-oauth-u...

“The applications maintained by these integrators were used by GitHub users, including GitHub itself.”

[zinekeller]

Very unlikely to be honest, especially that there's no private* data present in Git.io.

* Technically the links are not publicly listed, which might jeopardise some obnsscure but technically-available repository, but it doesn't store private data.

[maryjpenny]

Historical DNS TXT shows that git.io was (and probably still is) hosted on Heroku.

From the original post: “due to the security of the links redirected with the current git.io infrastructure”

What does “security of the links” even mean? Disclosure? Tampering?

[freemint]

Adversaries submitting nasty stuff and have it behind the git brand.