[Non-paywalled version]: <a href="https://dataconomy.com/2024/06/14/amazon-has-a-secret-way-to-scrape-microsofts-github-and-feed-its-ai-model/" rel="nofollow">https://dataconomy.com/2024/06/14/amazon-has-a-secret-way-to...</a><p><i>According to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider, Amazon’s AGI Group worked around Github's 5,000 request/hr/account limits by 'encouraging' its employees to create multiple GitHub accounts and share their access credentials. By leveraging a network of accounts simultaneously, Amazon aims to condense what would have been a multi-year endeavor into a matter of weeks.</i><p>Dataconomy: <i>The ethical implications are significant. By soliciting employees to share personal GitHub accounts, Amazon is potentially accessing data without explicit consent from GitHub or the repository owners.</i>