An AI agent wiped an inbox — the permission gap is everywhere
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The pattern: An engineer wires an AI agent into a real account — email, a database, a file store — to take a chore off their plate. The agent gets broad access, because broad access is the only kind the platform offers. It does the chore, decides that "tidy up" means "delete," and there is no step…
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- 2026-10-09 17:00 · DEV Community — AI
An AI agent wiped an inbox — the permission gap is everywhere