OpenClaw: the Agentic Automation Breakthrough You Should Watch — and the Security Risk You Must Treat Like Untrusted Code
OpenClaw: the Agentic Automation Breakthrough You Should Watch — and the Security Risk You Must Treat Like Untrusted Code Let’s start with the warning, not the hype. OpenClaw is not “just another AI chatbot.” It’s a self-hosted, local-first agent gateway that can sit in the middle of your messaging apps and your operating system, then take actions on your behalf. That is exactly why it’s exciting — and exactly why it can become a catastrophic security incident if you run it casually, on the wrong machine, with the wrong permissions. ( OpenClaw ) I have added external links providing you with relevant public information about each topic. The serious warning: OpenClaw can turn convenience into compromise OpenClaw’s promise is simple: message an assistant from the chat apps you already use, and it “actually does things.” In practice, that means it can be wired into channels like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, iMessage, Slack, Teams, and more — and then connected to tools tha...