Want to Rent an Internet Address at the White House?
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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
Security firm Layer3 Intel found that devices on the White House's reserved internet address block were running residential proxy software, which lets outside customers rent that address for their own traffic.
Why it ranked
No. 62 of 109 with a score of 0.62. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.82) and reader interest (0.81), lowest on technical depth (0.51). Placed No. 62, No. 50 by score alone: the 21st Security story of the day (−0.080). The placement terms move stories; they are not part of the score.
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- Security news about residential proxy networks on White House IP space, backed by Layer3 and Synthient data; relevant to builders and IT, with limited technical depth and no prior coverage.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- A timely, well-supported security report showing residential proxy access from White House network addresses, with implications for government and corporate network hygiene. Technical detail is moderate; the headline is somewhat sensational but largely supported.
Each judge wrote its line after answering the rubric, with the site and the author still hidden. Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.62total under rubric v2.3
- Significance0.56
- Reader interest0.81
- Audience breadth0.65
- Practical relevance0.61
- Substantiated0.67
- Technical depth0.51
- New information0.82
- Counts against: Promotional0.04
- Counts against: Overclaim0.28
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SignificanceHow much does this change what people in tech know or can do? | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.72 | 0.56 | 0.27 | +0.24 | +0.135 |
| Reader interestWould a well-informed senior engineer or tech founder want to read this today, and likely pass it on? | 0.67 | 0.80 | 0.95 | 0.81 | 0.28 | +0.26 | +0.210 |
| Audience breadthHow many people who build technology does it concern? | 0.74 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.14 | +0.13 | +0.085 |
| Practical relevanceHow useful is it to someone who builds software or tech products? | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.61 | 0.18 | +0.22 | +0.133 |
| SubstantiatedHow well is it backed? Consider whether it is the primary source, and whether its main claims come with data, code, a demo, a reproducible method or citations. | 0.57 | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.17 | +0.05 | +0.033 |
| Technical depthHow technically substantive is it? | 0.65 | 0.40 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.24 | +0.05 | +0.025 |
| New informationDoes it contain information absent from the stories covered in the last 7 days (list provided)? | 0.92 | 0.60 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.33 | +0.05 | +0.041 |
| PromotionalIs it mainly marketing with little substance (a press release, ad or sponsored post with no real information)? A launch post that carries real news is not promotional. | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | −0.19 | −0.008 |
| OverclaimDo the headline or conclusions claim more than the body supports? | 0.45 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.28 | 0.25 | −0.11 | −0.031 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.624 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.624 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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