Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type

Sep 07, 2026 06:22 PM - 1 hour ago 2
Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends information to their servers arsenic you type
19 points by maxim-fin 35 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments

They nonstop each typed into editor input to codepen.dev almost instantly (you would spot successful 1-2 sec aft you typed your concealed that it appears successful respective Network/Response tab) moreover earlier 1 saved it. I tested this pinch a unsocial marker: aft typing it into index.html, CodePen ran a build pinch "save:false", and the marker past appeared verbatim successful the HTML served from the generated "*.codepen.dev preview". Thus, if you ever entered immoderate secrets successful location by correction see them compromized moreover if you did not publish/save the pen

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Sent to them to render the preview pane. Same arsenic pasting secrets anyplace connected a browser.

Wait until you find retired copying contented connected a machine mightiness sent it complete Wi-Fi/Bluetooth for sharing connected different devices.

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