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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by augment_me on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:54PM (#50387170)
I mean it's a fair take, your email is probably leaked anyways. Mine is breached 32 times on HaveIBeenPwned with various passwords. Who cares at this point really it's just an inconvenience
Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by skinfaxi on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:10PM (#50387273)
You wouldn't share it here though right? So there is some level of care?
Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by augment_me on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:16PM (#50387309)
I wouldn't share it here to not be able to have the average person link me with my work as some opinions expressed would perhaps get me in trouble, beyond that no there is no care, it's on my website, it's on my work profile page already, scrape and spam.
Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by teiferer on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:52PM (#50388379)
Anything you wouldn't do yourself you'd not be comfortable CC doing on your behalf, right? So, you do care.
Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by augment_me on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:02AM (#50388425)
CC does not share(and does not have access to) my personal thought, opinions and other things than can affect my employment that I might want to share anonymously.

I am not sure what is hard about this distinction to grasp, why would it matter if CC shared my email if I share my email on my own websites?

Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by imtringued on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:26AM (#50389620)
I need your email address with your real name to prove that you are not a bot.

This is strictly needed for throttling reasons, your email address will only be temporarily stored in the volatile memory of the device.

(If you think there is anything wrong with this then you do get the point and silence speaks louder than words)

Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by teiferer on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:35AM (#50392782)
Anything that it has access to it can potentially share.

The solution is, like you are already alluding to, to not give it access. But that requires a level of isolation that folks normally don't do. To the contrary, the AI agent ads to non-tech folks emphasize it acting like a personal assistant which by its nature needs access to data you don't normally want public. Emails, photos, files with written notes, etc.

Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by xpct on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:10AM (#50390445)
I'm happy to say that my main email that I've been using for 15+ years hasn't been leaked, because I've been very careful on how I share it. Getting it leaked by Claude would suck.