July 30, 2019 bestdevops GitHub, Microsoft Leave a comment

GitHub restricts developer accounts based in Iran, Crimea, and other countries under US sanctions 18

Limited Time Offer! For Less Than the Cost of a Starbucks Coffee, Access All DevOpsSchool Videos on YouTube Unlimitedly. Master DevOps, SRE, DevSecOps Skills! Enroll Now Source: theverge.com GitHub has begun restricting the accounts of developers based in countries that are currently under US trade sanctions. ZDNet reports that one developer based in Crimea has lost access to his private GitHub repositories, while another based in Iran wrote a Medium post about having his account restricted. A support page from

July 27, 2019 bestdevops GitHub Leave a comment

GitHub starts blocking developers in countries facing US trade sanctions

Limited Time Offer! For Less Than the Cost of a Starbucks Coffee, Access All DevOpsSchool Videos on YouTube Unlimitedly. Master DevOps, SRE, DevSecOps Skills! Enroll Now Source: zdnet.com If you use GitHub’s online services in a country facing US sanctions, you could be about to be kicked off all but the most basic offerings.There’s a debate over free speech taking place after Microsoft-owned GitHub “restricted” the account of a developer based in the Crimea region of Ukraine, who used the service

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GitHub cuts off Crimean dev as US trade sanctions bite on tech providers

Limited Time Offer! For Less Than the Cost of a Starbucks Coffee, Access All DevOpsSchool Videos on YouTube Unlimitedly. Master DevOps, SRE, DevSecOps Skills! Enroll Now Source: devclass.com A developer based in Crimea has sparked debate after revealing that GitHub has been forced to restrict his account because of US sanctions. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, as part of an “intervention” in Ukraine, after the fall of a pro-Russian government in the country. The US and EU responded with sanctions