Anthropic Removes Hidden Claude Code Tracker After Researchers Raise Privacy Concerns
The post Anthropic Removes Hidden Claude Code Tracker After Researchers Raise Privacy Concerns appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Anthropic removed hidden tracking markers from Claude Code after researchers discovered code used to identify some Chinese users. The company said the experiment was intended to prevent account abuse and detect possible AI model distillation. The discovery comes as Anthropic pushes lawmakers to crack down on unauthorized copying of frontier AI models. Anthropic has removed a hidden tracking system from Claude Code after a security researcher discovered the AI coding assistant was using undisclosed markers to identify some users’ location, proxy use, and possible links to Chinese AI labs. The feature, discovered in June by developer “Thereallo,” embedded signals in Claude Code’s system prompts that could flag users Anthropic believed were bypassing restrictions or attempting to extract model capabilities. “Anthropic probably wants to detect API res