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BeetleByesterday at 5:43 PM3 repliesview on HN

So ... don't give it write access to your email?

As I said elsewhere, complaining about this is like complaining that rm can let you delete your hard drive.

It's a tool. Learn how to use it.


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Volundryesterday at 5:49 PM

Ignoring that you've just cut off a whole vector of usefulness, how do I keep it from exfilling my inbox to the Internet in response to a malicious email? Or using its access to take control of my online accounts?

Honest question, this kind of stuff is what keeps me from using it.

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theshacklefordyesterday at 9:20 PM

> As I said elsewhere, complaining about this is like complaining that rm can let you delete your hard drive.

rm won't wipe my HDD on a whim whilst instructing it to do something totally different.

You pretending they are the same thing is disingenous.

Krievyesterday at 5:55 PM

Bad take.

You can rm -rf your entire hard drive, but you can't blame rm for it, it's you who did it, maybe because you don't know, or a mistake, doesn't matter.

When you ask the clanker to delete x number of files in a directory, it can reason itself that is easier to just get rid of the directory.

Can't expect deterministic outcomes out of a statistical model.

At it's current state its a wildcard, sure you can build guard rails, reduce permissions, but it's still a wildcard.

Let's not kid ourselves saying is just a skill issue.

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