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Trusted roles, channels, and integrations execute with full authority before anyone observes what that authority does. An incident responder operates as a ransomware affiliate inside victim environments. Browser extensions exfiltrate AI conversations for months through a legitimate distribution channel. Edge device management platforms are compromised before the vendor discloses the flaw exists.
Detection arrived after execution completed. In every case.
If the mechanisms that grant authority have no capacity to observe what that authority does in real time, the word "trusted" is describing a preference, not a condition.
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PRESSURE_CLASS: CATEGORY_COMPOSITE
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