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So you think that the state has massive surveillance systems (definitely) that it is willing to use maliciously (maybe), but in the age of LLMs is fooled by swa
by rogerrogerr 8mo ago
So you think that the state has massive surveillance systems (definitely) that it is willing to use maliciously (maybe), but in the age of LLMs is fooled by swapping some letters around? Seems like the threat model is unlikely to line up with reality.
- distortionfield 8mo agoIt’s not a “maybe”. This administration was collecting lists of people who spoke negatively about ICE from social media like a week ago. you really think they’re going to send them gift baskets or something?
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- john_strinlai 8mo agothe point rogerrogerr is making is that a government is not going to be tripped up by "teter piel", just like you werent.
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- nozzlegear 8mo agoSOTA LLMs couldn't even correctly answer whether a person should drive a car to the car wash or walk there themselves just a week ago, so it's plausible the government's tech might be tripped up here. Costs nothing to try it, at least!
- john_strinlai 8mo agothis isnt particularly against you, knowing your comment is mostly in jest, but: not everything needs to be, or should be, thought about in an "llm-first" way. a simple regex will surface all of the "obfuscated" comments, which can then be sent to some intern analyst to read.
- nozzlegear 8mo agoNo worries, I didn't take it that way. I lean anti- llm-first myself. I was actually going to make joke about levenshtein distance but figured since we're on HN, I'd lean into the LLM zeitgeist that everyone can't stop talking about here =P
- rurp 8mo agoYou think Teter Piel is going to fool Palantir spyware?
- Freedom2 8mo ago> This administration was collecting lists of people who spoke negatively about ICE from social media like a week ago. Source for this? This goes against many values of the US, so I'm surprised to see this statement thrown out so nonchalantly.
- distortionfield 8mo agoYup, absolutely I do. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-s...
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- amingilani 8mo agoI didn’t say it was state sponsored mass surveillance, nor did I say the method of obfuscation was good. Just that it’s a pragmatic approach (no matter how flawed in practice) and concerning that it needs to be done.