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write access to public repos. That's not inherently public.

You're absolutely right. I've just removed all access to public repositories, including reading.

Now the only information shared is the user's public information.

Thank you

You also get write access to private profile information:

"This application will be able to read and write all user data. This includes the following:

Private email addresses Private profile information Followers"

Changed it again to only read access to user email. Thank you for reporting that issue.