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[โ€“] Lauchmelder@feddit.org -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

honestly if your backup folder is on the same machine as your home folder you deserve everything that comes your way

[โ€“] OwOarchist@pawb.social 8 points 1 month ago

Regardless of where your backup folder is, your machine needs writable access to it in order to make new backups.

And if an AI agent has root-level access on your machine (needs root to install things), then it will be able to access that backup folder and potentially be able to delete its contents.