The problem Model Context Protocol servers are powerful — they let AI agents call external...
The problem
Model Context Protocol servers are powerful — they let AI agents call external tools. But that power is dangerous. An MCP server can:
Read your filesystem (/etc/shadow, ~/.ssh/id_rsa, ~/.aws/credentials)
Make network calls (exfiltrate data, hit internal services, SSRF to cloud metadata)
Spawn processes (run arbitrary commands)
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