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hi, when using this pattern
```class LoginViewModel : ViewModel() {

    val registeredUsers = mutableStateListOf&lt;UIRegisteredUser&gt;()```
in the view model
1. Is there way to protect this registeredUsers list from updating the object values from other than view model ? I'm tryting to avoid accidental modification these values from out side view model, trying to keep vm as single source of truth. 


you can use `private set` on it, that way only the LoginViewModel will be allowed to change it.

If you expose the `mutableStateListOf` from the `ViewModel` as just a normal `List` instead of a `MutableList`, then anything outside of the `ViewModel` won’t be able to change the list.

Whoops, I didn’t read the next thread. Glad to see the same conclusion there :smile: .