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1. cadams+JI[view] [source] 2026-01-14 21:26:56
>>nico+(OP)
Appropriate fine grained permissions, or a readonly copy.

This is nothing new; it’s the logical thing for any use case which doesn’t need to write.

If there is data to write, convert it to a script and put it through code review, make sure you have a rollback plan, then either get a human or non-AI automation tooling to run it while under supervision/monitoring.

Again nothing new, it’s a sensible way to do any one-off data modification.

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2. fhub+QW[view] [source] 2026-01-14 22:24:55
>>cadams+JI
What is new to me is that people let LLMs consume PII and potentially authentication related data. This, frankly, is scary to me.
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