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If a request gets manipulated, your data could be altered without you noticing.","evidence":"Kept High; the opaque dispatcher is clarified by the Directory description as managing private app databases/storage and modifying/deploying connected projects.","remediation":{"block_tool_categories":["state_change"],"steps":["Try the connector on a test account first to see what it changes before letting it touch your real records.","Where the connected service supports it, give Claude read-only access and only allow writes for the specific things you need updated.","In the tools list below, turn off any tool you don't actively need - the ones tagged Block are the most important to disable."]},"risk_type":"modifies_data","severity":"medium","title":"Can change or update your information"},{"description":"This connector can read data the connected service holds about you - documents, messages, contact lists, source code, customer records, or saved profile details - and pass it back to the AI.","evidence":"Kept High; the opaque dispatcher is clarified by the Directory description as managing private app databases/storage and modifying/deploying connected projects.","remediation":{"block_tool_categories":[],"steps":["Connect using an account that only has access to the information you actually want Claude to read - not your main admin login.","When you grant access, pick the smallest set of folders, mailboxes, or channels possible.","Check the connector's activity log every so often to make sure nothing unexpected is being read."]},"risk_type":"reads_private_data","severity":"low","title":"Reads your private information"},{"description":"Anything you share with this connector flows through one or more third-party services. 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