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Tiny filesystem honeypot for macOS. Mounts fake secret files (.env, id_rsa, credentials.json) via WebDAV (no root) or NFS (root) — any access triggers an alert. Zero dependencies, pure Go stdlib.

4 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 2 stories, 2 comments · first 2026-03-24 · latest 2026-04-14

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    Canary – tiny filesystem honeypot for macOS
    story by TheTaytay · 2026-04-14 · 1 comment
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    Show HN: Tiny filesystem honeypot for macOS with zero dependencies in Go
    story by dweinstein · 2026-03-27 · 0 comments
  3. cool - https://github.com/dweinstein/canary/blob/main/LICENSE
    comment by dweinstein · 2026-03-26 · in Tell HN: Litellm 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 on PyPI are compromised
  4. https://github.com/dweinstein/canary I made this tool for macos systems that helps detect when a package accesses something it shouldn't. it's a tiny go binary (less than 2k LOC) with no dependencies that will mount a webdav filesystem (no…
    comment by dweinstein · 2026-03-24 · in Tell HN: Litellm 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 on PyPI are compromised