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Re:Show HN: I built a better UI for ChatGPT by kilgnad on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @11:10AM (#35056986)
The ability to reverse engineer the source through the browser doesn't make something qualify as open source anymore than reverse engineering a binary with some other tool.

I can view web requests but let's say on the 365th web request it sends my API key to an unknown location. How would I know if this was closed source?

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Re:Show HN: I built a better UI for ChatGPT by RohMin on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @11:14AM (#35057063)
Forgive me if I’m just being naive but couldn’t you look at the source from the browser dev tools?
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Re:Show HN: I built a better UI for ChatGPT by freedomben on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @11:45AM (#35057465)
Sure, if you're checking the first 365 requests or you get really lucky and just happen to look that time. Quite unlikely though.
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Re:Show HN: I built a better UI for ChatGPT by worldsavior on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:49PM (#35059400)
It's not similar to a binary file, since re a binary file is a pain in the ass and looking at JS with some obfuscation is much easier.

Your example is valid, but it's like asking "how can I know that my iPhone doesn't record me while I'm sleeping?"

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Re:Show HN: I built a better UI for ChatGPT by kilgnad on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @03:49PM (#35061018)
I trust apple over some random person on the internet.
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