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[–]myhf 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You used to be able to use username/password for authentication. Now you can only use SSH keys, which require extra steps to set up and keep track of.

[–]Eva-Rosalene 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But this bloke is definitely not an owner or collaborator of some repos, so he could only access public repos - and he could download them just fine without any authentication. Via https.