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rakkhi

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I work as a cyber security architect. I'm interested in new technology, startups, social media and most sports. Co founder of identity revive. Blog at rakkhi.Substack.com
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rakkhi··on Domain expertise has always been the real moat
This is exactly my experience vibe coding as a security architect of 20 years https://open.substack.com/pub/rakkhi/p/vibe-coding-as-securi...
rakkhi··on Here are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal
https://archive.md/zYq8M
rakkhi··on Google to buy Wiz for $32B
If you don't mind a short blog post I run though the capabilities of something like Wiz: https://rakkhi.substack.com/p/choosing-the-best-cloud-native...
rakkhi··on YouTube's New Hue
Well then it would be a good argument. Competition for video and short video services especially paid members makes that harder though
rakkhi··on YouTube's New Hue
Is it a reasonable argument to say you can pay $20/month or whatever it is in your country and avoid ad's altogether?
rakkhi··on Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
There is a lot more detail in the article that makes not generic
rakkhi··on Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
I did my top 5 for my field cyber security

AI in cyber defence and attack Quantum resistant cryptography Death of the password? Passwordless, passkeys, phishing resistant MFA More suppliers compromised, another major open source project long con Doing more with less: automation and consolidation

https://rakkhi.substack.com/p/cyber-security-predictions-for...

rakkhi··on Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light of LLMs?
Agree with this. SWE don't need to do anything because LLMs will just make expert engineers more productive. More detail on my arguments here: https://rakkhi.substack.com/p/economics-of-large-language-mo...
rakkhi··on The "email is authentication" pattern
Maybe we should support logging in with an OTP to email for many more systems than we do currently? Combined with conditional access and MFA its actually not bad.

No password to remember and supports this "pattern"

rakkhi··on Why It Takes Forever to Get a Doctor's Appointment (2023)
Australia has many GP's now using apps. Very easy to get even a same day appointment. But we have single payer healthcare, with 2% of gross income taxed for Medicare. We also have a system that encourages high income earners to pay for additional private health. Seems like a good system to me.
rakkhi··on Launch HN: Martin (YC S23) – Using LLMs to Make a Better Siri
Hate that you need a credit card to try it. Installed anyway, Martin just crashes. Does not load at all. Fail. iPhone 11, iOS 17.5.1. Location in Australia.
rakkhi··on CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago
At least this one you can argue that they can't test every Linux and Unix flavour. But windows..
rakkhi··on 'It's better for humans in general': The 4-day workweek is closer than you think
Just like research on X wonder drug cures y needs the mandatory [on nice] feels like 4 day work week articles need the mandatory [for the same pay as 5 days]
rakkhi··on [dead]
Cyber security threat model for SSH keys and better alternatives.
rakkhi··on 100 Years of Rent Control in Sweden
All you need to understand: if rent control or price ceilings worked, why not apply it to clothes or food? I mean food should affordable to all right? This is the problem that we don't teach basic Austrian economics in high school.
rakkhi··on [dead]
What should you really worry about with AI?
rakkhi··on Remote work won, don't let anyone gaslight you to believe otherwise
Best reason I heard for return to office: workers were working 2+ jobs in the same time and being just at productive at our job. How dare they!
rakkhi··on Over 5,300 Gitlab servers exposed to zero-click account takeover attacks
CVSS 10... does not bypass MFA though at least. Still sucks for those who went the hosted option over SaaS.
rakkhi··on Are Fines and Jail time needed to improve Cyber Security globally?
The only things that will move the needle or too many unintended consequences?
rakkhi··on Jeff Lawson steps down as CEO of Twilio
Interesting examples, sounds like a great developer playground but not so much on achieving shareholder objectives? Maybe another reason he was fired?
rakkhi··on What credit card tokenization achieves
Not really worth your effort. Outsource card processing instead.
rakkhi··on Minimum Wage Clock
Also it's a lot easier to complain on the Internet and raise awareness. Having to actually pay higher prices or go without the best product is a real cost to the individual. Easier to just "put it on global companies man". Peter Schiff did a good video a while back standing outside a Wallmart asking if any customer would pay more so the staff could earn more. Guess 100% of the response.
rakkhi··on Can we not expect companies to patch anymore?
Is patching unreasonable in 2024? If so how do we mitigate vulnerabilities?
rakkhi··on Study: TikTok Global Platform Anomalies Align with CCP Geostrategic Objectives [pdf]
Totally. But it still makes front page of HN. It will get shared. Most will read just the title. Confirmation bias of echo chamber.

So much bs in western msm propoganda. Do yourself a favour in 2024. Open your eyes. Read widely. Apply logic. Don't believe everything that is force fed down your mouth.

rakkhi··on Changing Culture as a way not to get Hacked
How to improve company culture as a way to improve cyber security
rakkhi··on Okta says hackers stole data for all customer support users
Entra ID (Azure ad) free above a p2/E3 I think. Auth0 bought by okta. Ping. Google.
rakkhi··on [dead]
In my 20 years in technology and cyber roles globally, it is the common sense that is not so common, that gets you the best cyber people and lets you retain them
rakkhi··on [dead]
Happy Friday everyone! What happens if you get hacked this weekend and they get admin access?
rakkhi··on Google's advanced music generation model and two new AI experiments
Yes arts will be impacted by AI.

Added to my article on economics of LLM's: https://open.substack.com/pub/rakkhi/p/economics-of-large-la...

rakkhi··on Sweden plans new nuclear reactors by 2035, will share costs
Along with the post yesterday that the US is re-entering the nuclear fuel industry this is great news. We need more: https://open.substack.com/pub/rakkhi/p/nuclear-energy?r=1afq...
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