Why “probing” is being discussed
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If its a targeted attack, they'll know and probably "crack" it. If its just data trawling, you might get owned one day if they bother, but likely the env `AWS_KEY=encrypted_abc`…
by GCUMstlyHarmls · Oct 31, 2026
Its already happening to classic infrastructure, small and medium size businesses. Absolutely anyone can summon a gremlin capable of exploiting stuff like this or the PHP thing…
by jeremyjh · Oct 30, 2026
I don’t really have experience running anything like this so this is very much a comment front the peanut gallery but Is that really the best way to do things? I’m not really su…
by vsgherzi · Oct 30, 2026
You're right, but imo I still love having this visibility piece and monitoring etc. I did look at your product. It looks pretty great and seems to solve ssl end to end, but I st…
by indigodaddy · Oct 30, 2026
> If you are considering a role in some part of Google (either as a new hire or an internal transfer), you should ask probing questions about the organization itself to try and…
by argee · Oct 30, 2026
Ex-Googler here. I'm not sure there is one answer to your question. The culture of your org is 100% dependent on where you are, and primarily flows from your Director. This is b…
by dxf · Oct 30, 2026
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