Show HN: Securing GrokBot
A friend at another tech startup was telling me how they started using Grok Bot and loved it. Surprise surprise they also got pretty worried about what it's doing and the visibility they had. Digging under the hood, hey there's a Linux VM and a Chrome browser. This is really cool because it essentially defines an environment that is really similar to a typical workstation. After some playing around I got the LimaCharlie EDR installed, the Chrome LC EDR installed and the email provider connected
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2026-11-05 16:03:10.385Z
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Source account: A friend at another tech startup was telling me how they started using Grok Bot and loved it. Surprise surprise they also got pretty worried about what it's doing and the visibility they had. Digging under the hood, hey there's a Linux VM and a Chrome browser. This is really cool because it essentially defines an environment that is really similar to a typical workstation. After some playing around I got the LimaCharlie EDR installed, the Chrome LC EDR installed and the email provider connected
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