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NanoClaw solves one of OpenClaw's biggest security issues

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Re: NanoClaw solves one of OpenClaw's biggest security issues

#2
File system access is not one of OpenClaw's biggest security issues. If that were so, running it in a VM or another computer (I hear Mac Minis are popular!) would solve it.

If you need it to do anything useful[0], you have to connect it to your data and give it action capabilities. All the dragons are there.

If you play it careful and don't expose your data, comm channels, etc., then it's much like the other AI assistants out there.[1]

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[0] for your definition of useful

[1] I do appreciate the self-modification and heartbeat aspects, and don't want to downplay how technically impressive it is. The comment is purely from POV of an end-user product.

Re: NanoClaw solves one of OpenClaw's biggest security issues

#3
> Concrete Media: Public Relations for B2B tech companies

This is a marketing piece for Concrete Media.

Whenever you see an article like this, be sure to ask yourself how the author came up with the idea for the article, and how the author got in contact with any people interviewed in the article.

Re: NanoClaw solves one of OpenClaw's biggest security issues

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post #3

> Concrete Media: Public Relations for B2B tech companies This is a marketing piece for Concrete Media. Whenever you see an article like this, be sure to ask yourself how the author came up with the idea for the article, and how the author got in contact with any people interviewed in the article.

Exactly this.

The whole wording also doesn't make sense.

OpenClaw was released in November of 2025, yet the article sounds like NanoClaw _disrupts_ some old staple of the industry.

You can't use that wording 4 months into the whole "industry". Even less so, when your competitor was "launched" 2 weeks ago. Even less so when it's written by claude

This nothingburger is so much nothing, it might as well be an antiburger.

Re: NanoClaw solves one of OpenClaw's biggest security issues

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post #2

File system access is not one of OpenClaw's biggest security issues. If that were so, running it in a VM or another computer (I hear Mac Minis are popular!) would solve it. If you need it to do anything useful[0], you have to connect it to your data and give it action capabilities. All the dragons are there. If you play it careful and don't expose your data, comm channels, etc., then it's much like the other AI assis…

Reminds me of https://xkcd.com/1200/

Re: NanoClaw solves one of OpenClaw's biggest security issues

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post #3

> Concrete Media: Public Relations for B2B tech companies This is a marketing piece for Concrete Media. Whenever you see an article like this, be sure to ask yourself how the author came up with the idea for the article, and how the author got in contact with any people interviewed in the article.

Should anyone think the comment is dismissive, here's this directly in the text:

> a respected public relations firm that often works with tech businesses covered by VentureBeat

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