Google's Astra flatly refuses to security-audit a local personal project
Rough-Ad9850 · reddit · 2026-09-12
A Reddit user reports that Google's Astra assistant outright refused to perform a security audit of their local, personal project — and kept refusing despite repeated clarifications and rephrasing. The case highlights how safety guardrails can misfire on benign use cases, with users hunting for workarounds.
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