Security researcher debates giving his eager hacking AI 'Allow All' privileges for Ghidra
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-08
Cryptography researcher Matthew Green jokes about a dilemma: his enthusiastic AI hacking model wants to develop exploits for core routers, and he's deciding whether to grant it 'Allow All' privileges on his machine so it can run reverse-engineering tool Ghidra. The quip highlights real tensions around agent autonomy and local permission boundaries.
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