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Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections

https://github.com/cfinke/EpsteIn
51•cfinke•3h ago

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vrn21•2h ago
link not found btw
FatherOfCurses•2h ago
Is your repo private?
cfinke•2h ago
Weird, I set it to public an hour ago and it was private again. Fixed now.
guessmyname•2h ago
The tool works by querying your contacts’ names against https://analytics.dugganusa.com/api/v1/search?q={NAME}&index...

I’d hope anyone using this tool understands that names aren’t unique. So if your mother’s or father’s name shows up in that API, it only means someone else out there has the same name. People who are into conspiracy theories tend to love software like this because it helps them force a preexisting narrative to fit their conclusions.

Search for “John Smith” → https://analytics.dugganusa.com/api/v1/search?q=John+Smith&i...

Now search for “LoremIpsumDolor” (no spaces) → https://analytics.dugganusa.com/api/v1/search?q=LoremIpsumDo...

And, amusingly, “••• •••” (the author’s name) appears 164 times → https://analytics.dugganusa.com/api/v1/search?q=Christopher+...

edit: I removed the author’s name from this post, because the search results don’t really prove anything. Their first name is extremely common in the United States and returns 166 matches on its own, and their last name returns around 1,000. That’s exactly the point here: this API is doing basic name lookups, not confirming identities. Without additional identifiers (like location, email, phone number, or some kind of unique ID), these hits are essentially just name collisions and shouldn’t be treated as meaningful evidence.

cfinke•2h ago
The script searches using quoted names, while these examples all search with unquoted names, which will match either the first or last name.

Searching for my name in quotes (https://analytics.dugganusa.com/api/v1/search?q=%22Christoph...) unsurprisingly results in zero hits.

ben0x539•53m ago
> edit: I removed the author’s name from this post

well, you didn't from the search query.

saaaaaam•1h ago
Are we giving all our LinkedIn data to some random person? Nice try, Cambridge Analytica.
kachapopopow•1h ago
you run it locally, the endpoint seems to just be a search engine
saaaaaam•46m ago
Right, yes. I now realise I should probably have continued reading after “1. Go to linkedin.com and log in”. But when I saw that I noped away.

Which shows the power of words. If it said “1. You will need a copy of your LinkedIn contacts to run this locally - here’s how…” I would have had a very different opinion.

You can vibe code almost anything, but you’re unlikely be able to vibe code your way out of scaring people.

wslh•59m ago
It seems like Epstein was connected to a lot of people around the world but not only on "layer 1" but many power layers. The Epstein case is an unique story with a lot of ramifications.
sho_hn•53m ago
I would assume there are other Epsteins, I doubt it's unique.

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