Instead of approving every file write and bash command, or skipping permissions entirely, auto mode lets Claude make permission decisions on your behalf.
This industry prides itself on denying consent EVERYWHERE YOU GO and these are people influencing policy and culture, creating the architecture of the technologies we all use. This is not a do first, ask for permissions later culture, it's a do because they think they don't need permissions ever.
September 27, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This industry prides itself on denying consent EVERYWHERE YOU GO and these are people influencing policy and culture, creating the architecture of the technologies we all use. This is not a do first, ask for permissions later culture, it's a do because they think they don't need permissions ever.
A new government filing in federal court reveals that 25-year-old Marko Elez was never “intended” to have ‘read/write’ permissions on a payment system.
February 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A new government filing in federal court reveals that 25-year-old Marko Elez was never “intended” to have ‘read/write’ permissions on a payment system.
i spent my whole life believing the president didn't actually have a big ECONOMY BAD/GOOD lever on the resolute desk but then this group of yahoos went and built one and then broke the lever off
April 23, 2026 at 8:50 PM
this is what happens when you give all users admin permissions
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
Who gives these things permissions to production databases? People with so little technical knowledge they don’t understand concepts like “permissions” or “production databases”
July 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Who gives these things permissions to production databases? People with so little technical knowledge they don’t understand concepts like “permissions” or “production databases”