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Re:Launch HN: Slashy (YC S25) – AI that connects to apps and... by hgaddipa001 on Thursday September 04, 2025 @03:51PM (#45131522)
Ohh we don't give it computer use access or anything like that. We inject tokens post tool call, so to protect users from the agent doing anything malicious.
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Re:Launch HN: Slashy (YC S25) – AI that connects to apps and... by tehsuk on Friday September 05, 2025 @12:08AM (#45134900)
I'm thinking about what this post explains more clearly than I can:

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta

Seems to me that these kind of systems, by design, tick all three boxes. I've had many discussions with people that let agent systems read and act on their incoming email for instance, and I think it's utter insanity from a security perspective.

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