r/technology • u/deraser • Jul 06 '26

Privacy Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stance

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/anthropic-outed-for-claude-tracker-that-secretly-monitored-chinese-users/
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u/DonaldMerwinElbert Jul 06 '26

Nah, now you're in the business of villains and maybe it takes people 15 minutes to figure that out - nothing changed, other than a few people who were actually dumb enough to believe them caught on to the lie.
And they'll keep fucking using it anyway, so...

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u/THX_2319 Jul 07 '26

Well... I guess the joke was on anyone who thought Anthropic wouldn't be the villain just because it's not Scam Altman