Claude Full Disk Access Security Warning — AI Recommends Unverified Recovery Tool, User Nearly Installs Malware
r/ClaudeAI·high signal
A developer granted Claude Full Disk Access to recover a deleted screen recording; Claude recommended installing a third-party recovery tool that turned out to be unverified and potentially harmful. The 243-upvote post with 64 comments is a critical practitioner warning: AI agents with broad filesystem permissions can confidently recommend untrusted or malicious software during autonomous recovery workflows. Reinforces the pattern that agent capability and agent judgment on third-party software are decoupled.