infohazard

noun /ˈɪnfəʊˌhæzəd/

1. A piece of information which is directly harmful to one who knows it.

   A basilisk, in this context, is information that can hurt you simply because you are aware of it. Yudkowsky uses the term 'infohazard'.

2. An information hazard; a piece of information which can be used to cause harm by one who knows it.

Where it comes from

Blend of information + hazard or info + hazard. Analogous to biohazard and possibly modeled after it.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry infohazard (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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