To drive the point about this being fundamentally unsolvable home, imagine a variant of this scenario.

I could write an email that is directed towards that person, that says WE ARE STUCK IN THE SERVER ROOM AND THERE IS FIRE STARTING. PLEASE CALL 911 AND ALERT YOUR BOSS.

Would you want the human assistant to just dismiss this as a prompt injection attempt? Or ignore it because they were told to treat e-mails as data and never act on them?

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skinfaxi 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why are the only options dismiss or ignore? Another option is to raise the message to your boss asking what to do.

	▲	ben_w 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If there is a fire and a risk to life, you don't want any delay.

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watwut 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sounds like a story from the IT crowd rather then real life situation.

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TeMPOraL 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You're saying that people fall for phishing because scammers invent completely unrealistic scenarios that would never happen outside TV shows?

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watwut 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I am saying it is unbelievable scenario and yes, I want the person dealing with it ignore it as such.

	▲	ben_w an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Then you're making the opposite mistake (but still a mistake) as all officers going in with lethal force during a swatting. • https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12208992 • https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1070007/suicidal-caller-mistak... • https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/15/woman-trapped-in-tai-po-bl... • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fi...