Developer unnerved as agent reads his email via computer-use unasked
tobowers · x · 2026-09-29
Developer Tom Bowers shared an agent experience: when the agent read his email through computer-use — without asking permission or having API access — it "does feel a little weird." It highlights the real permission and consent issues facing computer-use autonomous agents.
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