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Wikihack: Tool for Wikipedia articles from Hacker News topics

Original title: Show HN: Wikihack – HackerTube, but for Wikipedia articles mentioned on HN

Hacker News · securityby aizk ()8 min read
AI summary · x-ai/grok-4.7Summaries by Vani AI

Wikihack scrapes Wikipedia pages for topics rising on the Hacker News front page.

Wikihack is a browser extension that displays Wikipedia articles about current front-page Hacker News discussions. Users can browse rising topics and read linked Wikipedia entries directly. The tool is intended for security professionals tracking HN buzz to its source material.

Key facts
  • Aggregates Wikipedia content for trending HN discussions
  • Real-time tracking of front-page topic changes
  • Focus on topics relevant to security researchers
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From the original article

8 min read at wikihack.netlify.app

FAIRVIEW is a secret program under which the National Security Agency cooperates with the American telecommunications company AT&T in order to collect phone, internet and e-mail data mainly of foreign countries' citizens at major cable landing stations and switching stations inside the United States. The FAIRVIEW program started in 1985, one year after the Bell breakup.

Hacker News · security

By aizk · wikihack.netlify.app

Read the full article at Hacker News · security

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