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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by literallyroy on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:37PM (#50386647)
Am I understanding the Contributor right that they mean this feature was dreamt up, implemented and approved with no human oversight? With auto updates to tons of developer machines?
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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by ricardobeat on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:48PM (#50386739)
It looks like this is required by the HTTP spec: https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc9110.html#field.from
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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by Tyr42 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:54PM (#50386795)
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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by nialse on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:55PM (#50387183)
You might want to clarify that you are quoting the referenced standard so it doesn’t read like an opinion.
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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by hobo123 on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:39AM (#50388964)
Why not both?

The word "agent" implies that they should _only_ act on your behalf.

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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by Tyr42 on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:19AM (#50392570)
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