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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by swatcoder on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:45PM (#50386226)
> This is why alignment is important and highly non-trivial haha

FYI, it's generally bad form to "haha" your way through privacy violations.

Leaking private information is a very big deal for a lot of people.

Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by BowBun on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:46PM (#50386723)
The stealth edit, ugh. I don't like this social presence when they're failing to leverage their own automations to catch like this before the masses.
Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by phoghed on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:56PM (#50387190)
You people will complain about literally anything Jesus. You gave a coding agent full fucking control of your computer, let it send requests without your review, and then are surprised when it does so. But no, it’s this guy’s fault. Certainly couldn’t be you own.
Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by swatcoder on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:05PM (#50387246)
I didn't do any of those things and this issue doesn't effect me, but I've been around long enough to know how to take responsibility for my work and how to respect the concerns of affected customers when speaking as a professional.

Anthropic has an engineering culture problem that's going to shoot it in the foot if it doesn't learn to take these kinds of issues seriously.

This isn't the first example of the kind of work they're shipping in Claude Code or in how flippantly they engage with the community.