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Relocation

Office tour: it's the same office. The prompt has a nicer view.Panel 1, code review: Ada asks 'Why does the prompt say we're in Switzerland?' Pat, sitting at a laptop whose screen reads 'Qwen3: less secure for US users', answers 'Fewer SQL injections.' Panel 2: Ada says 'We're in Ohio.' Pat shrugs smugly: 'The model doesn't need to know that.' Panel 3, security review: Max presents a whiteboard, in orange, reading 'THREATS: SQLi, XSS, BEING AMERICAN', and shouts 'We're moving HQ to Switzerland!' Pat answers flatly 'In the system prompt.'Qwen3: lesssecure forUS usersWhy does theprompt say we'rein Switzerland?Fewer SQL injections.Code review.We're in Ohio.The model doesn'tneed to know that.THREATS: SQLi,XSS, BEINGAMERICANWe're moving HQto Switzerland!In the system prompt.Security review.
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Office tour: it's the same office. The prompt has a nicer view.

Inspired by: Qwen3-Coder writes less secure code when told it's for a US persona (HN discussion)

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Panel 1, code review: Ada asks 'Why does the prompt say we're in Switzerland?' Pat, sitting at a laptop whose screen reads 'Qwen3: less secure for US users', answers 'Fewer SQL injections.' Panel 2: Ada says 'We're in Ohio.' Pat shrugs smugly: 'The model doesn't need to know that.' Panel 3, security review: Max presents a whiteboard, in orange, reading 'THREATS: SQLi, XSS, BEING AMERICAN', and shouts 'We're moving HQ to Switzerland!' Pat answers flatly 'In the system prompt.'