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Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure
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this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2025
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Why tf are people saying that it was "without permission"?? They installed it, used it, and gave permission to execute commands. I say the user is at fault. It is an experimental piece of software. What else can you expect?