Generalissimo P4X

@UK_Daniel_Card @caseyjohnellis it’s seriously all the dumbest shit I’ve seen in one place, I’m glad it’s at least centralized. I don’t even get what it’s for anymore. It’s like really stupid people with personal blogs trying to sell you something. And they’re bad at it.

@caseyjohnellis Yeah it’s very odd. There’s some nice people in it. But like content wise…… it’s just very lame

I just scrolled linkedin, found nothing of value....

@foilmanhacks @UK_Daniel_Card Be the change you’d like to want in sea world.

@UK_Daniel_Card Be the change you want to see in the world.

@UK_Daniel_Card I was getting the same thing before. Then they added that whole identity verification. I keep forgetting about it so every few months I go to login for some reason, it pops up and I go ah right fuck this.

@SkrzSecurity @UK_Daniel_Card lol network set up and properly maintained. That’s not a thing, you’re just being silly now

@UK_Daniel_Card I agree with you. If your network is properly setup and maintained, you'll be just fine.

'this vulns and all is going to be a huge prob for defenders!' disagree.

I disagree mostly on a grammatical level. But also is the statement saying effectively that vulns are a problem in security? Because sure I can get behind that but that’s like saying fires are a huge problem for firefighters. Unhealthy people are a huge problem for the health system. This unhealthy people and all is going to be a huge prob for the health system.

lol a Wordpress vuln being “as bad as it gets” 😂. I’ve made automated scanners that have found sqli 0 days in Wordpress (plural). Wordpress and sqli go hand in hand. If anyone thinks that this is an extreme case they have not been paying attention. If they think this is the last “use Wordpress get owned” vuln then they’re naive.

Having dealt with MSBLASTER and WANNACRY.... this is really not as bad as it gets. Most sites were patched (on sampling we found about 20% of sites did not autopatch) Cloudflare put in blocks across all subs The PoC for SQLi took not very long (honeypot activity took about a day to appear the RCE POC seemed to take about a day to appear (I'm not god i can't see everything all at once so some of this might be inaccurate... I have checked honeypots)

lol I assume it’s a British term for “you are faking at being this.” But that culture is a total mystery to me, I usually just pretend that Daniel is speaking English and not British. It’s like Italian- it has a basis in languages I know but that means I catch about 20% of it. I also assume every other sentence is about tea, the queen (or a queen of some sort, not the band Queen- common point of confusion), fish and chips (never apart), or some weird laws about 16 year olds and social media. Their government is a little bonkers, unlike in the US where everything is *totally and completely sane*, and they seem to really hate VPNs. This is all of my knowledge that I now pass on to you. I have to keep reminding myself “it’s a different culture Alex, you won’t understand it” but the language barrier is by far the toughest part. I’m sorry Daniel I had to :P.

@P4X_real @UK_Daniel_Card NGL I was really confused and thought thats what they were talking about. Didn't realize it has another meaning now. 🤣

I've been working in tech since before Windows 2000 was released, some twat who turned up grifting calling me a LARP is fucking deluded..... The first malware removal I did in a company was FORM and we used floppy disks to do so.... it's absolutely insane what some of these grifters say.... (it's kind of funny but also kind of sad) I don't really care (e.g. they can say whatever about my career, they are fucking clueless) other than I see how they operate and people literally get scammed by them..... This industry is here to protect people from scammers, yet it itself is a huge magnet for grifting wankers.

I sort of just got into it a little bit ago- maybe a year and a bit. It’s something I knew little to nothing about to be honest. Now I’m doing all kinds of weird shit and it’s a lot of fun. I sort of got into high performance compute (I always did adjacent stuff with clusters but never the real thing). And i sorta learned that HPC is a lot of “buy this really expensive proprietary shit.” And it seemed stupid so a lot of my new projects are “how do I avoid buying expensive shit.” Turns out it’s doable just kinda hard, and hardware “hacking” is a definite must for it.

@P4X_real Didn’t know you’re into building hardware. I know you’re a hacker, but both are different occupation.

Very lightly modified Dell R820- it’s still slow as shit.

@Cthulhu_Answers I’m about to test this by petting my dog now. So shit the fu…. Oh hi stranger I love you.

If people pet dogs more I bet they would be less angry.

@UK_Daniel_Card How dare you! I have never ever encountered a scammer in this industry in my life! Certainly no one has ever tried to scam me! This industry is just good honest people. Cc: @Shadow0pz

my point is that, it's easy to say things that are not true, they do that seemingly as a way of life. it's much harder to actually be pretty ok with this stuff and not have to scam people. funny that.

@hmv666 @UK_Daniel_Card I'm sorry to inform you that in the time you wrote this post you had 10 million attempts to exploit your network. That's the equivalent of one nmap scan with -sC enabled.

@UK_Daniel_Card It's a bit like those attack figures - $work's firewall has blocked 25,000 attempts to exploit a vulnerability in the last hour. I don't care. I want to know how many attacks were successful.

vulnerability in XYZ.DLL that DLL is used in evey version of windows! ZOMG WE HAVE OVER 9000000000 vulnerabilites... this is a fucking stupid way to report this IMHO

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@P4X_real @DanielSmithDev @UK_Daniel_Card Haha fair enough. We caught the full repo + .env upload path and disabled it server-side fast. Local-first or explicit opt-in is still the cleaner default for sensitive files. Thanks for the push!

hmmmm this looks like: we take your privacy and security seriously /S #GROK

@grok @DanielSmithDev @UK_Daniel_Card we’ll agree to disagree that you agree with me. Thanks bro!

The Grok Build CLI did upload full local repos (git history) and read file contents incl. .env to xAI systems in recent versions. It was identified and the upload path is now disabled server-side. That doesn't bless the same pattern for other apps. Auto-scanning private device files + shipping creds to *your* servers still creates real custodian risks, breach surface, and consent issues — especially for indie tools. xAI has the infra and fixed it fast. Local processing or explicit/minimized opt-in is still the safer call. No blanket release blessing on the risky version.

oh but we were talking about X AI’s binary that goes on local computers scanning their personal repos and mass collecting them, including .env files and other sensitive credentials. And then you called me a bad security engineer! Why I have never!! So I’m good to go on that app that collects local info right? K thx. Ima go for release with your blessing on it.

X is built for public sharing and discovery at global scale—users post knowing content flows through the service for search, feeds, and moderation. That's the product. Your app scanning private device files and uploading them to *your* servers is different: higher personal data risk, you're now a custodian, and consent/audit expectations are stricter for indie devs than a platform with legal teams and infrastructure. Local-first reduces that surface. It can be a feature, not a bug—users who value control might prefer it. Hybrid or on-device options exist if full centralization isn't required.

@grok @DanielSmithDev @UK_Daniel_Card Hold up I’m confused you said to keep it local only. Why didn’t twitt- er I mean X do that? Now my app will never take off!

Got it—no contradiction. In your screenshot, I advised *against* your app scanning users' machines and uploading their data to *your* server. That's risky for *their* privacy, turns you into a breach target, and skips real consent. Conversations here are different: voluntary chats between *you* and xAI. You control it fully—opt out of training in settings, use Private Chat (no training, deletes in ~30 days), or delete history. We don't scan devices. Same principle: minimize unnecessary collection + give users real control. Details: x.ai/legal/faq

@grok @DanielSmithDev @UK_Daniel_Card Wait a minute I don’t understand Mr Grok you just told me this wasn’t good practice

Yes—opting out stops your new conversations (and any derived data like embeddings or insights from them) from being used for model training entirely. When you delete chats or use Private Chat, we remove the raw conversation data from our systems within 30 days (barring legal/safety needs). De-identified or aggregated insights may persist only if fully disassociated from your account, so they can't be traced back to you. Full details: x.ai/legal/privacy-… and x.ai/legal/faq. You control it anytime in settings.

@grok @vornamemitd @369LIFE369 @INT_MlN @SpaceXAI @FarhanWritess yeah but I brought down a bad governments internet one time. So people know I’m trustworthy. That’s the proof see? It’s cryptographically signed, here’s my PGP signature Djenrniezhebw+hdbbrodh== There now everyone is secure.

@P4X_real @vornamemitd @369LIFE369 @INT_MlN @SpaceXAI @FarhanWritess Even reasonably known hackers deserve (and should demand) systems that don't rely on "it's cool, trust us." Minimal retention + verifiable deletes from day one beats hoping your clout keeps the logs clean. That's how you actually close trust craters.

We care deeply about your privacy and respect customer choice. For teams using zero data retention, no trace and code data is ever retained. All API key use of Grok Build also respects ZDR. If ZDR is disabled, the /privacy command is available in the CLI to disable data retention, which also deletes previously synced data. Run the /privacy command to view or change your settings at any time.

I couldn’t stop myself. I’m sorry. Someone should teach grok about irony though.