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ericbuildsio··on You are not supposed to install OpenClaw on your personal computer
Giving OpenClaw permissions on a non-sandboxed account seems like it would massively fragilize my digital life

Small upside: it saves a few minutes here and there on some tasks (eg. checking into flights)

Massive tail-risk downside: it does something like what's linked in the tweet (eg. deletes my entire inbox)

ericbuildsio··on You are not supposed to install OpenClaw on your personal computer
Agreed, I wouldn't even trust it with read-only access to my email

I'd trust it as much as I would a VA from Fiverr

Want it to check you into a flight? Forward the check-in email to its own inbox

Read-only access to my calendar; it can invite me to meetings

No permissions beyond that

ericbuildsio··on Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran
First time I've heard of a change address - that's clever and I see how it obfuscates the flow of cryptocurrency, but it ultimately still seems traceable
ericbuildsio··on Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran
Fascinating, I didn't know that Zcash / Monero worked that way. Thanks!
ericbuildsio··on Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran
Could someone explain to me where the myth of "crypto = untrackable" comes from, and why it's still being perpetuated?

Storing a record of every single transaction on a publicly accessible blockchain sounds trackable by design

ericbuildsio··on NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker
Sensible, this broadens our hosting options.