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Backblaze has released its drive statistics report for the second quarter of 2026, its regular update on the failure rates of the hard drives in its cloud storage fleet. The report is closely watched by IT professionals and data storage enthusiasts as a rare source of real-world hard drive reliability data, and drives comparisons between manufacturers and models.
- 2Hacker News debate on least-privilege access for AI agents●Ask HN: Allow agents access to cloud files with least privilege?
A Hacker News discussion is asking how to let AI agents access cloud file storage without overexposing data, proposing least-privilege permissions as the model. Commenters are weighing how to scope credentials so agents can only read or write what a task requires. The question reflects a growing operational challenge as companies connect autonomous agents to real infrastructure and worry about security boundaries.