It’s anonymous bulk text posting - great for sharing logs, but don’t discount the more grey side of the internet. If you browse recent public posts there’s often some fun things like scam links, credentials, etc.
It’s definitely fallen out of favor for password dumps though.
It’s useful for sharing configuration files or lengthy error logs etc. when trying to troubleshoot a technical problem with others via chat. AFAIK the original pastebins where invented for such purposes on IRC.
I have been using this for a while now and it works very nicely, however I never quite understood why one would want to use it through git. Storing a change history via git is a nice side effect though.
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What do people use pastebin for anyway? I’ve never felt the need to use it or something like it.
A lot of people use them for log files when troubleshooting within a support channel of some sort.
It’s anonymous bulk text posting - great for sharing logs, but don’t discount the more grey side of the internet. If you browse recent public posts there’s often some fun things like scam links, credentials, etc.
It’s definitely fallen out of favor for password dumps though.
It’s useful for sharing configuration files or lengthy error logs etc. when trying to troubleshoot a technical problem with others via chat. AFAIK the original pastebins where invented for such purposes on IRC.
Is it only ironic to me that it’s hosted on GitHub? :D
I have been using this for a while now and it works very nicely, however I never quite understood why one would want to use it through git. Storing a change history via git is a nice side effect though.