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Re: Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections

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Post by ben0x539 »

guessmyname wrote: post #5

The tool works by querying your contacts’ names against https://analytics.dugganusa.com/api/v1/search?q={NAME}&index... I’d hope anyone using this tool understands that names aren’t unique. So if your mother’s or father’s name shows up in that API, it only means someone else out there has the same name. People who are into conspiracy theories tend to love software like this because it helps them force a preexisting n…

> edit: I removed the author’s name from this post

well, you didn't from the search query.

Re: Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections

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Post by sho_hn »

wslh wrote: post #10

It seems like Epstein was connected to a lot of people around the world but not only on "layer 1" but many power layers. The Epstein case is an unique story with a lot of ramifications.

I would assume there are other Epsteins, I doubt it's unique.

Re: Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections

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Post by saaaaaam »

kachapopopow wrote: post #8
saaaaaam wrote: post #7

Are we giving all our LinkedIn data to some random person? Nice try, Cambridge Analytica.

you run it locally, the endpoint seems to just be a search engine

Right, yes. I now realise I should probably have continued reading after “1. Go to linkedin.com and log in”. But when I saw that I noped away.

Which shows the power of words. If it said “1. You will need a copy of your LinkedIn contacts to run this locally - here’s how…” I would have had a very different opinion.

You can vibe code almost anything, but you’re unlikely be able to vibe code your way out of scaring people.

Re: Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections

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Post by kittikitti »

It seems as if LinkedIn removed the ability to request connections specifically. I had to request my entire archive.

Also, minor thing, there is no requirements.txt file based on the setup in README.md but I understand that it's only `requests` and it looks like even this is handled in the Python script.

In the README.md, the flag for the Connections.csv is actually `--connections`.

I'm also getting a `429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url:` which sometimes resolves itself after a few requests for some reason. Not sure if `delay` needs to be increased.

For the sake of privacy of my own connections, I think it would be better to have an option to download all Epstein files locally (a great feature in and of itself) and then do a search.

Last edit: I got the results and it's all false positives from people who have common names. Most of the results in the search engine are based on badly done OCR from PDF's. I would have done the OCR with an vLLM, it would be much more accurate. I would highly recommend changing the search engine.

Thank you for this.

Re: Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections

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Post by cfinke »

kittikitti wrote: post #14

It seems as if LinkedIn removed the ability to request connections specifically. I had to request my entire archive. Also, minor thing, there is no requirements.txt file based on the setup in README.md but I understand that it's only `requests` and it looks like even this is handled in the Python script. In the README.md, the flag for the Connections.csv is actually `--connections`. I'm also getting a `429 Client Err…

Thanks, I've fixed the connections arg name and the missing requirements file.

Re: Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections

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Post by stevefan1999 »

I have no idea why do we need to have a witch hunt like this. Many people have Epstein anyway and not all of them is able to approach his inner ring (ahem circle), but you are attacking all the people that approached or interacted with him.

Re: Show HN: EpsteIn – Search the Epstein files for your LinkedIn connections

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Post by singular_atomic »

stevefan1999 wrote: post #18

I have no idea why do we need to have a witch hunt like this. Many people have Epstein anyway and not all of them is able to approach his inner ring (ahem circle), but you are attacking all the people that approached or interacted with him.

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