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To help make skittish people feel at ease with the concept, why not give it a friendly on-screen avatar? Perhaps something like a cute little animated paperclip.
I dunno. Maybe an orange dog? Give it big brown ears.
Also animate it at ~10fps, making it visibly sad when it can't retrieve the files you ask for.
Throw in a little whimsical wizard while you're at it.
Purple monkey or bust
You are onto something here...
I prefer a glowing red dot