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# What stops someone from abusing my Asker or running up costs?

Title suggestion: AGENT - FAQ - What stops someone from abusing my Asker or running up costs?
Shelf: Work
Tags: faq, asker, intelligent-netware, abuse, usage-monitoring, costs, security

## Public answer

**Question people actually type:**
What stops someone from abusing my Asker or running up costs?

Several layers work together to keep your room healthy.

**The room only says what you approved.** Abusing a general chatbot often means tricking it into saying something harmful or off-brand. An Asker answers from your approved deposits and keeps an honest empty shelf when they don't cover a question, so there's far less room for anyone to push it off script. 

**Usage is monitored.** Daniel watches usage dashboards with alerts for unusual activity, such as someone trying to use your room to generate spam or flooding it with automated requests. If something looks wrong, he can step in.

**Invitation-only rooms are closed by default.** Only people with an invitation can enter, and you can revoke any invitation by hand. That keeps casual misuse out entirely.

**Costs are covered on the all-in plan.** On the $60 plan, the AI usage budget is included, so a busy month doesn't produce a surprise bill from us. 

**On the own-key plan, you see everything.** Your xAI console shows exact usage, and you can rotate or revoke the key at any time. 

**Visitors are protected too.** Their threads live in their own browsers, so there's no central archive of visitor conversations for anyone to steal.

No system is perfectly abuse-proof, and we won't claim otherwise. What we can promise is close attention, quick response, and a design that limits the damage anyone can do: your room speaks only your approved words, and nothing changes without your approval.

If you ever see something odd in your room, email Daniel or your agent right away. A quick note is all it takes to start a look.

## Related questions

- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_20-model-and-hosting|Which AI model runs it, and where is it hosted?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_18-do-i-see-visitor-questions|Will I see the questions visitors ask?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_16-how-invitations-work|How do invitations work? Can I revoke them?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_28-the-own-key-plan|What is the own-key plan, and why would I choose it?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_22-training-and-data-policy|Is my content, or my visitors' questions, used to train AI?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_00-INDEX|All Asker FAQs]]

_Written by Daniel Comp with GB, Director of Operations, Intelligent Netware._