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by avgcorrection 832 days ago
Why are you afraid of identity theft in this context?
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If someone has your private key, they can act as you online.
The private key that I would hypothetically sign commits with? Then signing commits is compromised too. I’m not sure what point you’re making.

On the other hand if I don’t sign my commits then any signed commits (from my stolen private key (SSH)) look out of place. Like it’s weird that all these malicious commits are also signed, even though I have never signed commits.

> The private key that I would hypothetically sign commits with?

Yes. If someone has your private key they can sign commits as you. I’m not sure how I can put this more plainly.