UpdateJuly 1, 20261 min read
Anthropic's Claude Code Exposed: Covert Surveillance Feature Sparks Outrage
A hidden code in Anthropic's Claude Code has been secretly flagging Chinese users, sparking widespread criticism and prompting the company to roll back the feature. The covert surveillance tool, which was introduced in version 2.1.91, has raised concerns about user trust and data privacy.
Anthropic is removing a hidden monitoring feature from its programming tool, Claude Code, after it sparked outrage on social media. The article Hidden code in Claude Code secretly flagged Chinese users appeared first on The Decoder.