Canarytokens
Honeytoken service in Privacy & security
Free tripwire that alerts you when a planted file, link or credential is touched. Main caveat: it phones home to the maker's servers, which can reveal the trap.
Free tripwire that alerts you when a planted file, link or credential is touched. Main caveat: it phones home to the maker's servers, which can reveal the trap.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 12 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Detects intrusions and hacks
“tricks like Canary Tokens and honeypots are useful”
Comment from 9 Aug 2026 in “Now we have a timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Face” “Canary token is great to tell you've been hacked.”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “Compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI Installs a Credential Stealer and Backdoor” Works against agentic and LLM threats
“they're one of the few things available that work well for agentic threats”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Canary Tokens” “when defending against LLM based attacks, they're a godsend”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Canary Tokens” Essential defense worth setting up
“Just going to remind you all that https://canarytokens.org/ exists.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI Installs a Credential Stealer and Backdoor” “This is your reminder to set up canary tokens”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below” Used reliably for years
“i've been using canarytokens for years!”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Canary Tokens” “I've been using it since 2015”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Canary Tokens”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Phones home and could reveal trap
“Having to phone home to their servers could give the game away.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Canary Tokens”
What people said
13 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I have no idea how I have lived this long, having the career I have without knowing this existed.”
“This is awesome, why did I just learn about this!”
“Canary token is great to tell you've been hacked.”
“You can totally host it yourself!”
“Having to phone home to their servers could give the game away.”
“they're one of the few things available that work well for agentic threats”
“I've been using it since 2015”
“i've been using canarytokens for years!”
“when defending against LLM based attacks, they're a godsend”
“Just going to remind you all that https://canarytokens.org/ exists.”
“tricks like Canary Tokens and honeypots are useful”
“This is your reminder to set up canary tokens”
“Canarytokens.org has a published static bypass”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.