That may be possible, but no source had made that claim as far as I know, in this case or any other. Also, Github uses SSL. It would be interesting how they distinguish one user&#x27;s Github connection from all the others originating in China.<p>Again, how the Github user was actually located by Chinese police was not disclosed or even discussed here. It&#x27;s interesting that mentioning this has resulted in two comments by new accounts, solely to blame Chinese authorities as discovering the user on their own, with no evidence for it.