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PAT Security? #24425
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PAT Security?
#24425
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If I created a public access token with no scopes selected, would it be safe to store it as plain text? |
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AndreaGriffiths11
May 28, 2019
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Hi @richienb, Thanks for being here! No scope would grant read-only access to public information (includes public user profile info, public repository info, and gists). While it’s certainly safer than a PAT with a scope, I personally wouldn’t recommend storing *any* tokens in plain text. It just helps to prevent errors and such. Cheers! |
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Hi @richienb,
Thanks for being here! No scope would grant read-only access to public information (includes public user profile info, public repository info, and gists). While it’s certainly safer than a PAT with a scope, I personally wouldn’t recommend storing *any* tokens in plain text. It just helps to prevent errors and such.
Cheers!