AI for Good: Signal president warns of agentic AI security flaw | Computer Weekly
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Agentic AI poses security threats by demanding root-level access to users' IT systems, which undermines privacy protections offered by applications like Signal. AI can access sensitive data, including browser history and contacts, to perform tasks autonomously. This unrestricted access violates cybersecurity best practices and may exploit vulnerabilities within outdated software components. The Signal app is intentionally designed to avoid root access to mitigate such risks, highlighting the tension between functionality and security in AI development.
Agentic AI requires pervasive access at the root level to IT systems, undermining user privacy and security, and creating significant attack vectors for exploitation.
Access to components and software libraries may not be secure; agentic AI can target these vulnerabilities, raising concerns for digital safety.
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