Claude Code sends your email address to websites

Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by toomuchtodo on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:46PM (#50386232)

Always use a hidden email service, you cannot trust the LLM or inference provider to secure the email address in this context. If they don’t have the email address, they can’t leak it.

I never give a provider my actual email address, I recommend others do the same. Otherwise, it’s just a matter of time until it is leaked or otherwise part of a data breach.

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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by komali2 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:04PM (#50386862)

If you let the LLM see git commands, they have whatever email you use to sign commits.

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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by toomuchtodo on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:12PM (#50386922)

I am a security person, I don’t let the LLM see anything that I wouldn’t mind printed on the front page of the New York Times.

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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by ceuk on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:00PM (#50387629)

I use a masked email for Git too. Always have. Last 5 years or so it's just been the GitHub provided mask e.g. <numeric-ID>+<username>@users.noreply.github.com

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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by j45 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:59PM (#50387995)

Masked email or separate email is the way.

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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by soraminazuki on Sunday November 08, 2026 @01:02AM (#50410815)

That won't save you in this case because that email address still identifies you. It's an anti-spam measure, not a privacy measure.

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