AI assistants may need their own email addresses as users balk at full inbox access
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-09-09
zlwaterfield argues AI assistants should get their own dedicated email addresses: he isn't comfortable granting an agent full access to an inbox he's used for 15+ years.
The point captures a core agent design tension—assistants need sensitive permissions to be useful, but users' tolerance for risking their primary accounts is near zero, pushing toward isolated least-privilege accounts as a standard pattern.
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