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Non devs running something might not be aware the programs runs locally and touches the actual machine. Devs know to be careful but regular users won’t even hav
by coder-pm 17d ago
Non devs running something might not be aware the programs runs locally and touches the actual machine. Devs know to be careful but regular users won’t even have knowledge it’s touching their machine, filesystem and might even touch the credentials (thanks to reasoning).
The right fix is to set real boundaries and limit agents access. We should never trust it won’t touch forbidden places.
Basically I find this naming work local vs work cloud confusing, users won’t know if it’s touching their files in the sandboxed cloud or a local one
- simonw 16d agoThat's not true of ChatGPT Work (Cloud), accessed through the mobile apps or the ChatGPT website. It IS true of ChatGPT Work (Local), accessed via the ChatGPT desktop app. I agree with you: Expecting non-devs to understand that distinction - especially when these features are visually indistinguishable from each other - is entirely unreasonable!
- coder-pm 16d agoFair precision, obviously Cloud runs are executed remotely. Since both cloud and local runs cannot be distinguished, users genuinely won’t know when their filesystem will be touched. Basically you can’t safely depend on the user telling the tool what to use, the boundary has to be set.