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OpenClaw with Docker. Is it safe? (lemmy.zip)
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I’m looking to run OpenClaw on my homelab. Has anyone successfully got it running with Docker? I followed the Docker instructions on their website, got Ollama running with a lightweight model, but couldn't get the openclaw dashboard working.

I was hoping to have it everyday, look through the hundreds of job alert emails I get, and output a list of jobs for me to apply for. It'll compare my resume to the listing, check the age of the listing, etc.

I know it's highly susceptible to prompt injection, but if I have it in a container, with a email made specifically for OpenClaw I'm hoping it will be relatively safe?

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[–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

To work it needs local access (like scan your emails), otherwise what’s the point of it… I suggest to read this blog post

https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/02/i-built-the-perfect-ai-robot-then-i-pulled-the-plug/

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago

    I thought I was being smart by running it on an isolated Mac mini with custom safeguards. I created secret passphrases, limited access, tried to lock it down. Then I woke up at 2 AM wondering if my secret passphrase was sitting in plain text in the robot’s logs. It was.

    Yup. Forget running this.

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