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submitted 5 months ago by 0x815 to c/technology@lemmy.world

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GitCode, a git-hosting website operated Chongqing Open-Source Co-Creation Technology Co Ltd and with technical support from CSDN and Huawei Cloud.

It is being reported that many users' repository are being cloned and re-hosted on GitCode without explicit authorization.

There is also a thread on Ycombinator (archived link)

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[–] Tramort@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

China filters every byte of Internet traffic in and out of the country.

It seems naive to think they can't accomplish the same thing for a GitHub mirror.

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

They're not supposed to, it's just about blocking them from using the software :)