Troy Hunt is open-sourcing the Have I Been Pwned codebase

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I'm Open Sourcing the Have I Been Pwned Code Base
August 7, 2020
https://www.troyhunt.com/im-open-sourcing-the-have-i-been-pwned-code-base/

Let me just cut straight to it: I'm going to open source the Have I Been Pwned code base. The decision has been a while coming and it took a failed M&A process to get here, but the code will be turned over to the public for the betterment of the project and frankly, for the betterment of everyone who uses it. Let me explain why and how.
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Because Transparency
Putting the code out there in public goes a long way to addressing concerns people have about the way the service operates. For example, people have often questioned whether I'm logging searches in order to build up a new list of email addresses. No, I'm not, but at present that assertion effectively just boils down to "trust me". Showing the code - the actual code - and demonstrating that things aren't logged is a very different proposition.
It's (Almost) All About the Contributions
And that's something that I'm adamant about; the goal here isn't just to say "hey, look at the code, it's not logging your searches", it's fundamentally about making HIBP a more sustainable, more robustly featured community service. [...]
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