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istvan0 32 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive

> I'm continually bemused and astonished by the number of people who clearly acknowledge that it's reckless to give agents full access to your machine, and keep doing it anyway.

What if you have two machines and the one you give to the agent is constantly backed up?

trvz 32 days ago [–]

They still shouldn’t be running on the same network.

And if you’re using Macs, you can’t be signed into your primary Apple ID on the agent machine.

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