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by faeriechangling 1181 days ago
While their reaction is more likely to cause a security breach, consider the psychology.

If the key was breached and Github just didn't know it, then a breach happened, then only Github would be to blame.

If Github rotates its key, and somebody suffers a MITM attack, the blame is more diffuse. Why didn't they verify the key out of band?