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Show HN: Runtime Fence – Kill switch for AI agents

https://github.com/RunTimeAdmin/ai-agent-killswitch
1•ccie14019•2m ago•1 comments

Researchers surprised by the brain benefits of cannabis usage in adults over 40

https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/health/cannabis-may-benefit-aging-brains-study-finds/
1•SirLJ•3m ago•0 comments

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist, apocalypse linked to the 'end of modernity'

https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/peter-thiel-antichrist-greta-thunberg-end-of-modernity-billionaires/
1•randycupertino•4m ago•1 comments

USS Preble Used Helios Laser to Zap Four Drones in Expanding Testing

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2•breve•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Animated beach scene, made with CSS

https://ahmed-machine.github.io/beach-scene/
1•ahmedoo•10m ago•0 comments

An update on unredacting select Epstein files – DBC12.pdf liberated

https://neosmart.net/blog/efta00400459-has-been-cracked-dbc12-pdf-liberated/
1•ks2048•10m ago•0 comments

Was going to share my work

1•hiddenarchitect•14m ago•0 comments

Pitchfork: A devilishly good process manager for developers

https://pitchfork.jdx.dev/
1•ahamez•14m ago•0 comments

You Are Here

https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02/07/you-are-here.html
3•mltvc•18m ago•0 comments

Why social apps need to become proactive, not reactive

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1•JoanMDuarte•19m ago•1 comments

How patient are AI scrapers, anyway? – Random Thoughts

https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/07/how-patient-are-ai-scrapers-anyway/
1•samtrack2019•19m ago•0 comments

Vouch: A contributor trust management system

https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch
2•SchwKatze•19m ago•0 comments

I built a terminal monitoring app and custom firmware for a clock with Claude

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1•duggan•20m ago•0 comments

Tiny C Compiler

https://bellard.org/tcc/
1•guerrilla•21m ago•0 comments

Y Combinator Founder Organizes 'March for Billionaires'

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1•hidden80•22m ago•2 comments

Ask HN: Need feedback on the idea I'm working on

1•Yogender78•22m ago•0 comments

OpenClaw Addresses Security Risks

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1•vedantnair•23m ago•0 comments

Apple finalizes Gemini / Siri deal

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1•vedantnair•23m ago•0 comments

Italy Railways Sabotaged

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4•vedantnair•24m ago•0 comments

Emacs-tramp-RPC: high-performance TRAMP back end using MsgPack-RPC

https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/emacs-tramp-rpc
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Nintendo Wii Themed Portfolio

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"There must be something like the opposite of suicide "

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Ask HN: Why doesn't Netflix add a “Theater Mode” that recreates the worst parts?

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Show HN: Engineering Perception with Combinatorial Memetics

1•alan_sass•39m ago•2 comments

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The Anthropic Hive Mind

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1•spenvo•41m ago•0 comments

Just Started Using AmpCode

https://intelligenttools.co/blog/ampcode-multi-agent-production
1•BojanTomic•42m ago•0 comments

LLM as an Engineer vs. a Founder?

1•dm03514•43m ago•0 comments

Crosstalk inside cells helps pathogens evade drugs, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-crosstalk-cells-pathogens-evade-drugs.html
2•PaulHoule•44m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Design system generator (mood to CSS in <1 second)

https://huesly.app
1•egeuysall•44m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

Ask HN: Anyone using device/browser fingerprint in production?

2•the_arun•4mo ago
Do any enterprises use fingerprintJS or thumbmarkJS in Production? Are they secure & compliant with user privacy? Any legal concerns?

Comments

bobbiechen•4mo ago
Disclosure: I work on Device Fingerprinting at Stytch, for fraud and security use cases.

I don't think serious enterprises use the open-source versions of Fingerprint.js or ThumbmarkJS for fraud and security. Because they are open source, an attacker can just read the code, find out what they're doing, and test locally until they can construct whatever fingerprint they want. See https://github.com/kkoooqq/fakebrowser for an example that explicitly tests against Fingerprint.js .

Here are some public enterprises that do use Stytch's Device Fingerprinting, which is hardened against spoofing, for fraud prevention and security: Calendly, Replit, RH (Restoration Hardware), SoLo Funds, Groq, etc. Check out the Replit case study for details: https://stytch.com/customer-stories/replit

About compliance, privacy, and legal, this is specific to both the implementation and the use case. This is our docs page if it helps: https://stytch.com/docs/fraud/guides/device-fingerprinting/i... . Generally fraud prevention is considered legitimate interest / necessary processing. I can't speak for marketing or adtech use cases as that's not what our product is used for.