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Humans missed 1 in 3 threats approving AI agent commands across 40k game runs

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continuational · 1786022679 · focus · HN ↗
It's kinda funny there is still software coming out whose security model is "constantly ask the user for permission, and hope they never make a mistake".
It's been tried so many times before, and it never worked.
1. applfanboysbgon · 1786024118 · focus · HN ↗
  The alternative is software that is useless. You can convince consumers to use software that is useless (eg. iOS), but useless software is a hard sell for businesses that are being promised 10x productivity and the ability to fire everyone.
  1. csbrooks · 1786024171 · focus · HN ↗
    There's really no other alternative, though?
    inigyou · 1786024380 · focus · HN ↗
    I mean we could make software that isn't malicious and didn't need the OS to prompt you if you want to allow the malice. But where would the money be in that?
    inigyou · 1786035593 · focus · HN ↗
    I wonder how it would go if we went back to OSes with no security boundaries at all. Having an explicit boundary seems to give apps implicit permission to go right up to the boundary. But there was only one RealPlayer. Every other program didn't dare to be like RealPlayer.

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