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Re:ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines by otterley on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:17AM (#50427621)
If this bothers you, it can be guarded against in your ssh config file:

  Host trusted-server
      HostName server.example.com
      ForwardAgent yes

  Host another-trusted-server
      HostName another.example.com
      ForwardAgent yes

  Host *
      ForwardAgent no
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Re:ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines by mbreese on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:29AM (#50427807)
Isn’t that the default setting for `Host *`? That’s why you have explicitly turn it on for other hosts, right?
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