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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by stingraycharles on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:27PM (#50386043)
But what is the root cause, why send the email in HTTP requests in the first place?
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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by paulddraper on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:09PM (#50386422)
Robots are supposed to send one.

https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc9110.html#field.from

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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by XenophileJKO on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:20PM (#50386509)
For example I had Claude code up integrations with the Federal Reserve, and I pass my email there. They request clients do so.
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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by stingraycharles on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:53PM (#50387167)
Oh that’s interesting, so it’s actually somewhat doing what it’s supposed to do as a “nice actor”.

Should be more explicit though and users should be able to opt out.

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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by subscribed on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:25PM (#50387360)
When fetching a website it's not a robot any more than my browser or curl are.

These two do not share my email and real name with everyone who wants.

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