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		josephscott on July 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anyone can access deleted and private repository d... How much help is turning off the "Allow forking" option https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-reposi... ?

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If I'm a CTO how do I protect my company from this foot gun? Do I need to regularly train everyone with a GitHub account about the details, is there a setting I can toggle, or...?

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