MCP's Built-in Security Flaws and 80% Context Window Consumption Raise Trust Concerns

DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-08-15

David Linthicum highlights that MCP (Model Context Protocol) has built-in security flaws exposing millions to risk. Additionally, MCP consumes about 80% of an AI agent's context window, severely undermining reasoning capacity. He questions whether MCP can be trusted given these security concerns.

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