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A privacy boundary for agentic testing.
A practical look at protecting sensitive tool results without breaking the authorized testing workflow.
August 31, 2026 · By Yi Xu
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Bounded Autonomy for Offensive Security Agents
How scope, authorization, intervention, and auditability can be treated as system properties rather than operator reminders.
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