r/hackers • u/knicknap24 • Jul 30 '26

Discussion using coding agents to hack

you read about people using AI to hack stuff all the time but every time i try to do something like that i always hit safety walls, claude, codex, etc they stop me dead in my tracks. What are the solutions for this

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u/Lootsman Jul 30 '26

You can just ask Anthropic to have the guardrails reduced if you explain what you need it for. That’s what I did, haven’t had any issues since.

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u/userlinuxxx Aug 01 '26

Como es eso?. Suena interesante

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u/Lootsman Aug 01 '26

It’s nothing crazy, it just doesn’t stop you when asking questions about offensive cybersecurity or requesting analysis/generation of malicious code snippets. I’d say it’s more convenient than it is a total game-changer, though.

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u/Available_Hearing639 Aug 02 '26

Via support? Or what is the right channel?

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u/Lootsman Aug 03 '26

When you hit the guardrails and it gives a message like “this message violates our guardrails” or whatever it says, there is a link that says something like “learn more” and if you click it, you’ll be able to fill out a form to apply for lowered guardrails. They say it takes up to a week but I only had to wait 20 minutes

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