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EU's Exposed AI Infrastructure

perch56 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:06:58 +0000

Article URL: https://insecurestack.substack.com/p/eus-exposed-ai-infrastructure

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47685529

Points: 2

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New comment by perch56 in "Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise LiteLLM"

perch56 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:11:42 +0000

Not to be pedantic about the topic but SOC 2 is an auditing standard, not a security framework. It defines what you’ll be assessed against but it doesn’t tell you how to build your security program. You’ll find the prescriptive controls in real frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST CSF, or CIS Controls which do give you a structure for implementing security.

New comment by perch56 in "Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies"

perch56 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:37:52 +0000

This AI recommends you visualize inequality at scale and see the difference between 1B vs 300B. https://youtu.be/c7sr46hxVM4

New comment by perch56 in "Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies"

perch56 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:26:09 +0000

I can fathom 3B, I can’t fathom 300B

New comment by perch56 in "Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies"

perch56 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:24:07 +0000

It’s entry-level billionaires club. The top 10 each hold $100B–$300B+, so the wealth distribution is extraordinarily skewed even within billionaires themselves. Musk is hundreds of times richer. Hardly obscenely rich.

New comment by perch56 in "Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies"

perch56 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:18:50 +0000

According to some online sources his total wealth is under $3B. Hardly ‘unfathomable wealth’ IMO. Sure, billionaire territory but nowhere near the ultra-wealthy.

New comment by perch56 in "Migrating to the EU"

perch56 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:23:20 +0000

Ehm sorry but no. CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management so … a support ticket is, by definition, a customer relationship event.

Salesforce spending millions to conflate “CRM” with “sales pipeline” was just marketing.

Also, Zendesk calls itself a CRM. Freshdesk’s parent is literally named Freshworks CRM. Gartner and Forrester have always put support under the CRM umbrella.

New comment by perch56 in "Mullvad VPN: Banned TV Ad in the Streets of London [video]"

perch56 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:17:33 +0000

Original idea https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CkdyU_eUm1U&pp=0gcJCY4Bo7VqN5t...

New comment by perch56 in "Men in their 50s may be aging faster due to toxic 'forever chemicals'"

perch56 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:49:45 +0000

In countries that phased out lead later, even early Millennials faced similar or worse childhood exposure. It’s a global generational story, just with different timelines by country. As a personal example, Romania only phased out leaded gasoline at the end of 2004.

New comment by perch56 in "Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp"

perch56 — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:42:48 +0000

In a kinetic warfare or authoritarian context, this is rather a life safety vulnerability. In the industry, we call this the crossover from Information Security (InfoSec) to Operational Security (OpSec), where a digital flaw becomes a Kinetic Threat.

New comment by perch56 in "I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla"

perch56 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:12:26 +0000

Mozilla Corp is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation. Tomayto, tomahto.

New comment by perch56 in "Talk Python in Production"

perch56 — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:10:06 +0000

Loads as a regular webpage for me (Safari, black font, white background).

New comment by perch56 in "Europe's GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within 'weeks'"

perch56 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:03:58 +0000

Before tossing GDPR onto the bonfire, perhaps the EU should first look at DORA.

New comment by perch56 in "I won't connect my dishwasher to your cloud"

perch56 — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:09:54 +0000

There's a bit of a mix-up here. The “Search History Data – Not Linked with You” label you see on the App Store refers only to the searches you perform within the Home Connect app—not your full Google search history. Given that iOS apps run in a sandboxed environment, there's no way for the app to access your Google account. It’s a standard practice among smart home devices to enhance functionality, not to spy on your entire digital life.

New comment by perch56 in "Macrodata Refinement"

perch56 — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:08:17 +0000

In refining ADCC45:AFD88B (Kingsport) in 00h 09m 59s 316ms I have brought glory to the company. Praise Kier. 1⃣2⃣0⃣6⃣6⃣ 4⃣5⃣7⃣4⃣1⃣ 5⃣2⃣9⃣2⃣8⃣ 3⃣3⃣4⃣9⃣2⃣ 0⃣9⃣1⃣4⃣9⃣ #mdrlumon #severance lumon-industries.com

New comment by perch56 in "Google’s OAuth login doesn’t protect against purchasing a failed startup domain"

perch56 — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:10:09 +0000

I agree. Additionally, the authors haven’t considered data deletion policies. Most SaaS providers delete data within 30 to 90 days after contract termination. It’s unlikely that data from 100,000 failed startups, each using 20 to 30 SaaS applications, still exists.

New comment by perch56 in "VW Group Collects Vehicle Movement Data"

perch56 — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:26:15 +0000

Funny enough, ‘Cariad’ translates to ‘hell chariot’ in Romanian—a name that feels oddly fitting given this fiasco.

New comment by perch56 in "New Mac Mini with M4"

perch56 — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:42:37 +0000

Many people are eager to plug in their air purifiers and get started, but they often miss the fine print about checking inside the unit. Leaving the plastic bag on the filter basically turns the purifier into a fan, without any actual filtering. I saw someone post that they ran theirs like that for months before realizing it—no air getting filtered the whole time! Your dust photo reminded me, so just wanted to mention it in case you hadn’t checked for the bag inside.

New comment by perch56 in "Dutch DPA fines Uber €290M because of transfers of drivers’ data to the US"

perch56 — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:15:17 +0000

or … EU enforces strict privacy laws to protect individuals, and some companies that don't respect these regulations are getting fined as a result.

New comment by perch56 in "FlightAware Leaks Customer Data (Name, Email Addresses and Passwords)"

perch56 — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 08:19:53 +0000

The author of the article seems to be confused about the GDPR notification requirements. In the event of a personal data breach, the controller is required to notify the supervisory authority without undue delay, and where feasible, no later than 72 hours after becoming aware of the breach—not the users themselves. However, when it comes to informing end users, the GDPR requires that they be notified without undue delay if the breach is likely to result in a high risk to their rights and freedoms. It’s mind-boggling that FlightAware took three weeks to inform users, which raises concerns about their handling of the situation. It’s also suspicious that they haven’t clarified whether they are aware if the exposed data was actually copied by bad actors—one should assume it was.