What do the spammers have to gain from this? Are they just trying to legitimize the fake profiles? I guess legitimate-looking profiles could be used to infiltrate open source libraries. Creepy.
Thanks for the tips!
Right? I feel like this would be a bigger threat as well to larger repos!
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What do the spammers have to gain from this? Are they just trying to legitimize the fake profiles? I guess legitimate-looking profiles could be used to infiltrate open source libraries. Creepy.
Thanks for the tips!
Right? I feel like this would be a bigger threat as well to larger repos!