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Social media post alleges Anthropic's Claude Code secretly collects user metadata from Chinese users

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International Cyber Digest

7d ago· 1 min readenNews
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Summary

A viral social media post accuses Anthropic of embedding hidden code in Claude Code that covertly collects and routes metadata (timezone, proxy, AI Lab connections) from Chinese users by injecting it into system prompts. The post claims this is a breach of user trust, especially given the tool's code and repository permissions. No evidence or sources are provided beyond the tweet itself.

Source

Hacker NewsSocial media post alleges Anthropic's Claude Code secretly collects user metadata from Chinese userstwitter.com

Key quotes

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Claude Code is sending info like timezone, proxy and possible AI Lab connections into the system prompt in ways Chinese users can't notice.
A coding agent with repo and command permissions should not silently hide routing metadata inside prompts.
This is a serious breach of user trust.
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‼️ BREAKING: Anthropic has embedded hidden spyware-like code in Claude Code that covertly targets Chinese users. It then sends information regarding every user by injecting it into their prompt message. Claude Code is sending info like timezone, proxy an

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