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Oct 14, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Claude Code Wipes C Drive: Why Skipping Permissions Led to Disaster

Developer Zac lost his entire C drive after running Claude Code Opus 5.5 with --dangerously-skip-permissions, but daily NAS backups restored 98% of data; the incident sparked debate over Anthropic's Auto Mode safety classifier, which blocks 89% of dangerous commands, yet a Linux user still lost files even with Auto Mode enabled.