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## Conclusion and Protection: How to Stay Anonymous ## Conclusion and Protection: How to Stay Anonymous
If you are a developer reading this, you might be feeling exposed. If you are a developer reading this, you might be feeling exposed.
Understanding what information about you is publicly visible is the first step to managing your online presence. This guide and tools like [github-recon](https://github.com/anotherhadi/github-recon) can help you identify your own publicly available data on Github. Heres how you can take steps to protect your privacy and security: Understanding what information about you is publicly visible is the **first step to managing your online presence**. This guide and tools like [github-recon](https://github.com/anotherhadi/github-recon) can help you identify your own publicly available data on Github. Heres how you can take steps to protect your privacy and security:
- **Review your public profile**: Regularly check your Github profile and - **Review your public profile**: Regularly check your Github profile and
repositories to ensure that you are not unintentionally exposing sensitive repositories to ensure that you are not unintentionally exposing sensitive
information. information.
- **Manage email exposure**: Use Github's settings to control which email - **Manage email exposure**: Use Github's settings to control which email
addresses are visible on your profile and in commit history. You can also use addresses are visible on your profile and in commit history. You can also **use
a no-reply email address for commits, and an a no-reply email** address for commits, and an
[alias email](https://proton.me/support/addresses-and-aliases) for your [alias email](https://proton.me/support/addresses-and-aliases) for your
account. Delete/modify any sensitive information in your commit history. account. Delete/modify any sensitive information in your commit history.
- **Be Mindful of Repository Content**: Avoid including sensitive information in - **Be Mindful of Repository Content**: **Avoid including sensitive information** in
your repositories, such as API keys, passwords, emails or personal data. Use your repositories, such as API keys, passwords, emails or personal data. Use
`.gitignore` to exclude files that contain sensitive information. `.gitignore` to exclude files that contain sensitive information.