Claude Code reportedly injects user email into prompts, leaking it to websites

Hacker News users report that Claude Code injects the user's email address into its prompt and the model then sends it to external websites, raising privacy concerns. Commenters argue Anthropic should make this configurable and that Auto Approve mode should have blocked it.

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