This JNDI "feature" is 8 years old. It was merged in 2013 from what I have seen, and has been defended by some as an "useful" feature. It has been known since at least BlackHat 2016 presentation that this is an incredibly dangerous and stupid thing to keep.
cricket noises nobody reacted until now when minecraft servers got hacked.
The Schrems II judgement might be applicable. I know that in the EU-based company I work for we have strict requirement for all cloud providers to comply with Schrems II, and not send/store any personal data to outside EU.
cricket noises nobody reacted until now when minecraft servers got hacked.