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That's cool. Sounds very impressive. What's the point of all this security though?

You don't want it to access your files, just give it its own Linux user. You don't even need a container.

Better yet, you can give it root on a $3 VPS (or $30 Thinkpad) and get a sysadmin for free :)

Although, Cheerpx... that seems to imply your agent can play Java and Flash games. Alright, you might be on to something!

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I hope so! There's different approaches for different use cases, for sure. This seemed like a genuinely new one worth exploring and seeing where it goes. I think the benefits are that the agent "lives" where most people already work and live their online lives. Has direct web access, and all the other browser primitives I've tried to demo. But yeah, wasm especially opens up literally any kind of application as well. The guys at CheerpX have made a great engine and 64-bit is going to be a big unlock.

> just give it its own Linux user

it's never "just" ...

(for example: how do you manage this across multiple isolated sessions?)

opening a browser is much easier

... and the entry barrier for non-linux people at your company is much much lower

... and the compliance barrier for companies is much much lower (how do you ensure that everyone creates the users correctly?)

>how do you manage this across multiple isolated sessions

I actually ran into this today. Needed a fresh environment to replicate a bug.

    sudo adduser agent2

and your orchestrating agent has permissions to add users?

What's that?

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