Wow yikes! On the one hand -- it's obviously a bad idea to use your current employer's laptop for a job interview.
But social engineering takes many forms and anyone could be suseptible.
Do we need to start carrying liability insurance (like doctors do)? There are so many hazards these days working in tech which can cause you to be liable for huge amounts of damage. Using agents seems fraught too; they can easily go "off the rails" and take actions you didn't intend.
christophilus•53m ago
Yeah. Pretty wild. I've never done that, and wouldn't, but I know folks who would. If I ever do any interview work on my laptop, it's always sandboxed, but generally, I just nope out of such interviews, anyway. It's usually one of many red flags.
toyg•12m ago
Contractors in the UK are already required to have liability insurance, or any large business won't touch them with a barge pole.
Still crazy tho that one dev's compromised device could withdraw 6 billion...
Arcuru•29m ago
It does seem like there has been an increase in that social engineering approach. The Rust ecosystem was being targeted recently too, enough that they felt the need to warn people about it: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/17/targeted-attacks/
jluxenberg•1h ago
But social engineering takes many forms and anyone could be suseptible.
Do we need to start carrying liability insurance (like doctors do)? There are so many hazards these days working in tech which can cause you to be liable for huge amounts of damage. Using agents seems fraught too; they can easily go "off the rails" and take actions you didn't intend.
christophilus•53m ago
toyg•12m ago