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Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure
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this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2025
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Why the hell would anybody give an AI access to their full hard drive?
That's their question too, why the hell did Google makes this the default, as opposed to limiting it to the project directory.
I think it should always be in a sandbox. You decide what files or folders you drop in.