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An agent acting for you is legally you

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Welcome to August 5, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

The first appellate holding that a shopping agent is its user acting for themselves. Agency law absorbs software, and any access rule written to exclude bots has to be rewritten around intent instead.

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2026-09-13: A surveillance company calls police on a reporter filming its camera

2026-08-10: An agent booking a gym class commits a country's first autonomous cyber attack

2026-08-08: Exchanges build wallets for customers who cannot open bank accounts

2026-08-05: An appellate court rules a shopping agent is legally its user

2026-08-03: Scholars dispute whether a 1986 computer law covers an escaped model

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An agent acting for you is legally you
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KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/themes/an-agent-is-you
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