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AWS Bedrock's zero data retention has two exceptions

Bedrock stores nothing by default. Two Anthropic models will not run unless you switch that off, and the switch is an API call with no console for it.

Ahmad J · Sep 8, 2026 · 7 min read

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News · security

OpenAI's cyber model has one price and no way to lower it

GPT-5.6 Cyber is absent from all four of OpenAI's rate tables. It has a single set of rates, no batch discount, and you have to be approved before you can pay them.

Ahmad J · Sep 5, 2026 · 8 min read

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News · security

Mistral trains on your chats by default. Turning it off takes three separate switches

Mistral's own help centre says consumer Vibe accounts are opted in to model training by default while enterprise accounts are opted out, that the Vibe and API toggles are separate, and that the thumbs up button authorises use of your data on any plan. Here is every switch, and the one that is not a switch.

Ahmad J · Sep 2, 2026 · 6 min read

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Guide · security

Is your router still getting security updates?

Your ISP wrote the update promise for your router, not the manufacturer. What BT, Sky, Virgin, Vodafone and TP-Link each actually commit to.

Ahmad J · Aug 31, 2026 · 13 min read

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Article · securityDeep read

The Local Illusion: The Real Security Risks of Running a Local LLM

Running an LLM on your own hardware means the math is local, not that your data is safe. Five concrete places it still leaks or gets altered (unauthenticated localhost ports, pickle-based weights, swap files, telemetry, and shared GPU memory) and how to close each one.

Ahmad J · Aug 9, 2026 · 6 min read