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Re:Show HN: URL Canary – Get an alert when someone finds you... by jstanley on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:52PM (#16619968)
You won't share the URL in a public place, you'll store it alongside whatever you're trying to keep safe.

If the URL gets accessed at all, you will know your secret has been leaked.

Re:Show HN: URL Canary – Get an alert when someone finds you... by dsacco on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:06PM (#16621155)
Friendly feedback, coming from a reverse engineer: the commenter who also answered this question gave a really good, concrete example of how this could be used in the context of DRM. When I visited your page I was initially perplexed as to why you’d want any of this. You should include a specific example of how this service delivers value, and the reverse engineering example is a good one.
Re:Show HN: URL Canary – Get an alert when someone finds you... by jstanley on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:13PM (#16621283)
Thanks for the feedback :)