Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons?
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On Hacker News
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- 1112
- Comments
- 220
- Submitted by
- hazebooth
- Posted
- Oct 28, 2026
- Site
- nullpt.rs
Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on nullpt.rs.
Trending history
Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons? was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 28, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 65 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #1 of 30, reached on Oct 29, 08:22 UTC. It is #1 right now, holding steady at #1 over the last 6 checks. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.
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Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).
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Best rank per day (UTC).
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Where it trended
| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
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| Hacker News · Front page | #1 | 2 | 65 | |
| LLobsters · Hottest Why Is This Fingerprinting Script Creating Bioweapons? | same link | |||
From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.
> Out of curiosity, I tried GLM-5.3 with the same prompt and it complied! I am noticing a trend here. Didn't HF say the same thing, when they got hacked, the only LLM that would assist with defense was GLM? > When we started the log analysis, we first used frontier models behind commercial APIs. This did not work:…
Nice sleuthing! We do a similar thing to mark documents that are still under embargo and one day I forgot to remove the watermark. The customer complained they had not received the document (a day or two after I sent it), and much searching was done. Finally we found a line in an outlook log on their end that said…
Nice finds! This HN profile I looked at today by chance, also contains some anti-LLM incantations, albeit much less obfuscated. I wasn't aware Anthropic had such a magic string: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jeroenhd
Questions
Is Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons? trending on Hacker News right now?
Yes. As of Oct 29, 10:22 UTC it is #1, holding steady at #1 over the last 6 checks.
What is the highest rank Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons? reached?
#1 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 29, 08:22 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons? been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 28, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (65 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
1112 points and 220 comments; submitted by hazebooth on Oct 28, 2026.