Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data
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- Nov 3, 2026
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Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 3, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 88 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #1 of 30, reached on Nov 3, 22:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 4, 15:22 UTC.
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It's a shame what happened to Postman. It started as an excellent little developer tool for testing APIs. Then for some reason they raised over $400M in funding and hired 1,500+ employees, for what should have been a tiny OSS/passion project like curl or little snitch. Instead they now have to justify their valuation…
Postman logs detailed information on every single API request you make through its tool, including query parameters. If you use the templating syntax `{{some_secret}}` to fill in a query parameter, it sends the actual secret content of `some_secret` to Postman's servers. If you disable outgoing network traffic to…
Who still uses Postman? In my experience it became insanely slow and bloated. Switched to Bruno. IMO, Postman is like uTorrent, everybody heard about it and many install because of inertia.
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Is Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 4, 15:22 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data reached?
#1 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 3, 22:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 3, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (88 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
1139 points and 375 comments; submitted by sidgarimella on Nov 3, 2026.