Hello dear Lemmy Community,
I have a very nice story to tell you all. I was having a blast over the last few days setting up a home server with completely open-source software. As usual, I encountered some small problems with specific apps, so I wrote two issues and one feature request on their respective GitHub pages. After a few days, I received no responses in the very active communities, but nothing too strange yet.
Today, in the evening, I used my phone to check if a specific issue had gotten any reactions by now, but I couldn’t find my issue at all. I just saw "23 open issues," and none of them were mine. After logging in, it miraculously changed to 24 open issues.
Well, after a bit more testing, it turned out I was shadow banned. After discovering that, I tried to contact their support, but I was told I need to activate 2FA via an app or phone number first. "No thanks," I thought, and went ahead to try deleting my (not so important) GitHub account. But surprise, surprise: the account deletion button was greyed out, and I was told to write their support! Which I can’t do because I don't have 2FA!
What the fuck, GitHub?!
Thanks for reading! I hope you had more fun reading this than I had experiencing it.
Sounds like css disabling the button. You can fix that.
tbf I didn't look, but I would be surprised if that worked.
I just wrote a nice mail to their privacy inbox :D :
Mail
"I hereby request the deletion of the GitHub account "Xamrica" and all associated data connected to this email address ("[email protected]") based on GDPR Art. 17, and a confirmation of the successful deletion (Art. 19).If any data is still retained after the initial deletion, I also request a list of all remaining data, the legal basis for its retention, and the expected deletion date based on GDPR Art. 15.
Furthermore, I would like to request confirmation of any future data deletions from the data list mentioned above, unless you can prove that it "involves disproportionate effort" (GDPR Art. 19).
Thank you."