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A comment on Ask HN: My client want an agent on my laptop. Is this the new normal?.

Re:Ask HN: My client want an agent on my laptop. Is this the... by hankchinaski on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:24AM (#29590276)
This is legitimate when working with sensitive data even as a contractor. I have seen it a lot with fintech clients. In that case though they should provide a company laptop. I would never ever install something like this on my personal laptop.
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Re:Ask HN: My client want an agent on my laptop. Is this the... by illud_tempus on Friday December 17, 2021 @06:18AM (#29590701)
> This is legitimate when working with sensitive data

I work with code. Not data.

I don't have access to production systems. I do too many mistakes, and I admit it. Just last month I killed the wrong k8s cluster ;)

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