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Security Problem on Console Input

I'm using git and my own GitHub account on the PythonAnywhere console. I'm wondering if my console input would be logged,leaked or viewed by someone else.

Looking forward to any reply.

Thanks.

Input and output for consoles goes between our servers and your browser over HTTPS, so it's secure in transit. Regarding other people viewing the consoles, it is secure unless you explicitly share it with other people. There are two ways you could do that:

  • By using the "Share" button near the top right in the console.
  • By making another account the "teacher" of your account, from the "Account" page, which would allow the person who uses that other account to access your files, data and consoles.

Thanks for your answer.But I'm wondering what PA will do to my input.

Is there a logger that logs my input for debug purpose?

No, there isn't -- we can enable a debug mode, but we only use it in our development versions of PythonAnywhere, not on the live site.