Section 4: Security, data privacy and cloud agents

Agents that can read files, browse the web and run code on your computer are powerful and risky. This section works through concrete security risk examples, a Claude Code for web example, a bash sandbox example, and practical advice for keeping your data secure when cloud-hosted agents are involved — plus a frank look at the limitations of all of the above.

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