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Re:Show HN: Pipelock – All-in-one security harness for AI co... by VMG on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @07:41AM (#46958949)
> Base64-encoded secret in URL Prevented Detected (entropy scan) Logged

Ok so how does this "Entropy scan" work?

Apparently by defining "bits per character"

https://github.com/luckyPipewrench/pipelock/blob/3021f023b0e...

So I guess converting the secret to pure binary will evade the "entropy scanner"?

Re:Show HN: Pipelock – All-in-one security harness for AI co... by embedding-shape on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @07:55AM (#46959090)
Or many of the other base encodings?