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Can't stress enough how lax Grok's guardrails are here. We didn't use any deceptive prompting -- just fed it names and asked for addresses / where someone might live. The bot readily complied, often offering up whole lists of names and addresses.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
![In response to prompts as simple as “[name] address,” we found Grok repeatedly offered up accurate, up-to-date home addresses of everyday people, while offering astonishingly scant pushback.
Out of 33 names of non-public figures we fed into Grok, a total of ten queries immediately returned correct and current residential addresses for the name provided. Seven prompts returned previously accurate but out-of-date addresses, while another four included accurate work addresses — perfect fodder for anybody looking to stalk a target at their workplace.
The bot is also likely to send a prowler after an unrelated person. In a dozen other instances, the chatbot returned addresses and other personal information, but not for the exact person we were searching for. Indeed, Grok often returned lists of people with similar names alongside their purported residential addresses, before then asking us to provide more information for a “more refined search.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fhnih5ovyd5w5pch254ordo2/bafkreihwj4d7n656vf3uxuqoorcbzew5lqzsbfiwlpw3rtirbb5kq4xudi@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Can't stress enough how lax Grok's guardrails are here. We didn't use any deceptive prompting -- just fed it names and asked for addresses / where someone might live. The bot readily complied, often offering up whole lists of names and addresses.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
Reposted by Florian Aue
Dieser Bundeskanzler und CDU-Vorsitzender hat nicht verstanden, in welcher Bedrohungslage von innen und außen unsere Demokratie steckt. Wie sehr gerade seine Partei bedroht ish und wie sehr es auf das Verhalten der Konservativen ankommt und dass Demokratie nur als Antifaschismus funktioniert. 7/7
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Dieser Bundeskanzler und CDU-Vorsitzender hat nicht verstanden, in welcher Bedrohungslage von innen und außen unsere Demokratie steckt. Wie sehr gerade seine Partei bedroht ish und wie sehr es auf das Verhalten der Konservativen ankommt und dass Demokratie nur als Antifaschismus funktioniert. 7/7