+0.40 I Audited the Privacy of Popular Free Dev Tools, the Results Are Terrifying (www.toolbox-kit.com)
52 points by WaitWaitWha 21 hours ago | 27 comments on HN | Mild positive ~lite vlite-1.6
Summary ~lite Digital Privacy Advocates
Dev tool privacy audit
EQ 0.70
SO 0.60
TD 0.50
Lite evaluation by llama-3.3-70b-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal 35 HN snapshots · 10 evals
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Audit Trail 25 entries
2026-03-04 17:27 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16) - -
2026-03-04 17:27 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) -0.28
reasoning
Investigative blog post on dev tool privacy
2026-03-04 06:50 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-03-04 06:50 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Exposing privacy abuses in dev tools, implicit rights concern
2026-03-04 06:50 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-04 06:32 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44) - -
2026-03-04 06:32 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Investigative blog post on dev tool privacy
2026-03-03 22:19 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-03-03 22:19 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive) +0.10
reasoning
Exposing privacy abuses in dev tools, implicit rights concern
2026-03-03 22:19 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-03 22:16 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44) - -
2026-03-03 22:16 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Investigative blog post on dev tool privacy
2026-03-03 21:21 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-03-03 21:21 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) -0.10
reasoning
Exposing privacy abuses in dev tools, implicit rights concern
2026-03-03 21:21 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-03 21:19 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44) - -
2026-03-03 21:19 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Investigative blog post on dev tool privacy
2026-03-03 20:49 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-03-03 20:49 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Exposing privacy abuses in dev tools, implicit rights concern
2026-03-03 20:49 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-03 20:48 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44) - -
2026-03-03 20:48 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Investigative blog post on dev tool privacy
2026-03-03 20:44 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-03-03 20:44 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Exposing privacy abuses in dev tools, implicit rights concern
2026-03-03 20:44 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -