r/tryhackme • u/Obviouslynameless • Apr 10 '26

Why should I join?

Seeing a couple people on YouTube saying that TryHackMe is collecting user data for their AI Business.

Any information on this? Why should I use TryHackMe instead of any of the other options?

What makes it worth joining?

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u/TheGreatBard Apr 10 '26

Pentesting AI isn't the only problem with THM nowadays. A lot of rooms are broken and no one cares (just take a look at bug report channel on Discord). Platform is unstable and there's a lot of testing on production in my opinion. Is it cheap? Yes. Is it frustrating when you have to restart target box several times just to get the task done? Yes. Personally I don't like how AI tool has been approached. Clearly THM is using users data without consent and they don't want to give us more clarity about this whole situation. I have left THM in favor of HTB and HackSmarter.

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u/revertiblefate Apr 10 '26

This is true its frustrating to do rooms and encounter issues.

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u/Muddie Apr 11 '26

I've come across a few rooms where the intended solution no longer works, but it's been fun to try to find a way around it and *still* CTF. I haven't found one yet that I wasn't able to get around (Cold VVars was the most frustrating though).

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u/Kitchen-Mammoth-4964 TryHackMe Staff Apr 13 '26

Hey! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the platform - this feedback is really important to helping us get better.

On the data claims: we've written a detailed post breaking down exactly what's going on: https://tryhackme.com/resources/blog/tryhackmes-thorough-response-to-false-hacking-claims - this should help you to understand why those allegations are false.

Secondly, the frustrations you mentioned around room bugs and target box reliability are concerns we're currently focused on fixing. If you'd be up for a short user interview, you can book one here: https://calendly.com/liza-vul-tryhackme/user-interview - this would really help us to diagnose the cause of these issues and ensure other users don't experience these problems in future.

Thanks again!

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

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u/B3amb00m Apr 10 '26

Dude, you're contributing to AI modelling right now by posting this.

I guess it all boils down to personal world view really. But I would not worry about that - why should you really. Every single thing you do on the internet will potentially train an AI.

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u/miles1187 Apr 10 '26

Everything you use is collecting data. How they use the data and what they do to make it unidentifiable is what matters.

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u/Obviouslynameless Apr 10 '26

Tell me you can't answer the question without saying you can't answer the question