that sounds like malware
We ceased using “spyware” to describe software because the category would encompass practically all commercial software. I guess “malware” might be on its way to the same destiny?
The age of Ai code means that I don’t even understand the app description anymore:
Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. Postman simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so you can create better APIs—faster.
🤯
I couldn’t find the app developers’ reply btw, probably because so many people let off steam meanwhile. So which comment(s) is/are it?
Postman is older than LLM code, but it was always kinda pointless.
https://justuse.org/curl/That was a fun read. And I’m still somewhat unclear on what Postman actually does. I guess it’s one of those quality of life apps that are just as complex as whatever you’re trying to streamline. But with a beautiful web UI!
I don’t understand your comment. Maybe it’s sarcastic or maybe you don’t know what an API is (which would be perfectly fine) but it’s not an AI thing (and nothing else in the description is). Postman is a very famous app in that category, with a company behind, not just one developer. If that’s just sarcasm I understand it even less sorry
Thank you all for the vocal and clear feedback: “We don’t care but we don’t want bad publicity.”
as we see many people struggling in wiring these up: “We think developers who handle HTTP requests are stupid.”
we thought that the in-product and website messaging conveys the intent: “Sorry not sorry.”
In the meantime, we are reverting this change: “We will do it again later because we did it in the past and we still have users who are too stupid to use another tool.”
Assholes in the past, assholes today, assholes in the future.
This change is practically a malware. This is downright evil.
Could you link to the reply you’re quoting from please? I think there’s like a million extra comments now…
Thanks. Looks like somebody hired just for customer service. You’re still correct with your assessment of course.
Not using AI agents would be an easy fix
I think the real issue here is the usage of a MITM proxy from a hostile company. The data that goes through the agents isn’t the only thing at risk here.
They can be sued for Computer Sabotage in Germany, right?
