Letting users trust their own MCP clients, without opening a phishing hole
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Letting users trust their own MCP clients, without opening a phishing hole was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 4, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 23 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #23 of 29, reached on Nov 4, 19:22 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 4, 21:22 UTC.
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> It does not stop a determined social engineer In the age of people trying AI for everything and occasionally following instructions the trustworthiness they cannot judge, that's probably the biggest problem. From a security perspective, the lethal trifecta is alive and well. A commercial customer will lock down…
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Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 4, 21:22 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
#23 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 4, 19:22 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
It was first seen on Nov 4, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (23 checks) since.
8 points and 1 comment; submitted by isalexlog on Nov 4, 2026.