When Security Tools Detect Themselves
Reading the source code of a prompt injection scanner triggered the scanner's own detection — because the test fixtures contain the exact strings the tool looks for. A short study in recursive self-reference.
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Reading the source code of a prompt injection scanner triggered the scanner's own detection — because the test fixtures contain the exact strings the tool looks for. A short study in recursive self-reference.
When a security scanner's ML daemon goes down, should every tool use prompt the developer for confirmation? A wrapper pattern that provides configurable fallback without sacrificing the security model.