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Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type

▲ 115 points • 60 comments • by maxim-fin • 2mo ago • HN discussion ↗

Pangram verdict · v3.3

We believe that this entire text is human-written.

2 %

AI likelihood · overall

Human
100% human-written 0% AI-generated
SEGMENTS · HUMAN 1 of 1
SEGMENTS · AI 0 of 1
WORD COUNT 131
PEAK AI % 2% · §1
Analyzed
Sep 7
backend: pangram/v3.3
Segments scanned
1 windows
avg 131 words each
Distribution
100 / 0%
human / AI fraction
Verdict
Human
Pangram v3.3

Article text · 131 words · 1 segments analyzed

Human AI-generated
§1 Human · 2%

Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type2 points by maxim-fin 9 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | discussThey send all typed into editor input to codepen.dev almost immediately (you would see in 1-2 sec after you typed your secret that it appears in respective Network/Response tab) even before one saved it. I tested this with a unique marker: after typing it into index.html, CodePen ran a build with "save:false", and the marker then appeared verbatim in the HTML served from the generated "*.codepen.dev preview". Thus, if you ever entered some secrets in there by mistake consider them compromized even if you did not publish/save the pen help Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact