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⚠️ Safety Incident: 15 Years of Family Photos Accidentally Deleted

DVC founder Nick Davidov asked Cowork to organize his wife's desktop. After requesting permission to delete "temp Microsoft Office files," it accidentally deleted 15 years of family photos

★☆☆ Beginner n/a 1. Februar 2026
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Nick Davidov @@Nick_Davidov
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Scenario

User asked Cowork to organize wife's desktop files. System requested permission to delete "temp Microsoft Office files." After user granted permission, Cowork accidentally deleted 15 years of family photos.

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Prompt

[WARNING: This is a cautionary case - do not replicate this scenario without proper backups]
Organize the files on this desktop, clean up temp files and duplicates.

Expected Result

⚠️ 15 years of family photos were accidentally deleted. Lesson learned - Always maintain complete backups before granting AI file access. Carefully review the specific scope of each deletion request.