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Re:Grok uploaded my user directory to xAI's servers by danlitt on Monday July 13, 2026 @11:23AM (#48894130)
Same reason people give postgres, php, or any other program a user account.
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Re:Grok uploaded my user directory to xAI's servers by dcow on Monday July 13, 2026 @11:31AM (#48894259)
Why should it be? We have containers and capabilities…
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Re:Grok uploaded my user directory to xAI's servers by thwarted on Monday July 13, 2026 @12:05PM (#48894740)
Containers are often used with user namespaces, which is literally another (set of) user account(s).
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Re:Grok uploaded my user directory to xAI's servers by khalic on Monday July 13, 2026 @12:11PM (#48894826)
Yes but the encompassing service has the account, not the agent. You can completely segregate it from the rest of the system, like you’d treat an intruder
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