NSA could have access to data on Microsoft-owned GitHub
The NSA could have access to the code repositories residing on GitHub, which is now owned by Microsoft, if past practices of the Redmond-based software giant are any indicator.
Microsoft announced its acquisition of GitHub on 5 June. The company said at the time that GitHub had about 28 million developers working on 80 million repositories. Microsoft has been one of the bigger code contributors to the site.
The reaction from open-source developers to the acquisition was not exactly been salutary as can be seen from comments on Linux Weekly News.
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