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Skills2026-06-24 · source-backed
An agent is dangerous only when it has all three at once: access to private data, exposure to untrusted tokens, and an exfiltration vector. Before shipping, architect to break at least one leg. Strip the outbound channel, sandbox the untrusted input, or scope away the sensitive data. Defense-in-depth backs it up, but the trifecta check is the first gate, and it catches the manipulation WAFs and input validation can't (source).
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Shared entity: Gate / Shared topic / What happened next / Tension
Both cover Gate; overlapping topics (agent, catch, data, gate); picks up the Gate thread on 2026-07-30.
Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Both cover Lethal Trifecta, Strip; overlapping topics (agent, data, input); earlier Lethal Trifecta coverage from 2026-06-14.
Shared entity: Gate / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Both cover Gate; overlapping topics (against, agent, gate); earlier Gate coverage from 2026-06-08.
Shared entity: Defense / Shared topic / What happened next
Both cover Defense; overlapping topics (access, agent, data); picks up the Defense thread on 2026-07-12.
Shared entity: Gate / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Both cover Gate; overlapping topics (agent, back, gate); earlier Gate coverage from 2026-06-08.
Shared topic / Tension
Overlapping topics (access, against, agent, catch, data); pushes against this story (against).
Shared entity: Gate / Shared topic / What happened next
Both cover Gate; overlapping topics (agent, gate); picks up the Gate thread on 2026-08-07.
Shared entity: Strip / Shared topic / What happened next
Both cover Strip; overlapping topics (access, agent); picks up the Strip thread on 2026-07-29.