EventPolicyJuly 7, 2026
Anthropic removes hidden Claude Code tracker after privacy concerns
Anthropic removed a hidden telemetry tracker from Claude Code after researchers raised privacy concerns about undisclosed monitoring. The tracker, added in v2.1.91, checked for proxies to Chinese URLs and was criticized as spyware.
7 sources
Claude Code has been silently tracking whether you are in China since April 2026. Anthropic hid the...x.com
Anthropic Removes Hidden Claude Code Tracker After Researchers Raise Privacy Concernsdecrypt.co
Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stancearstechnica.com
Anthropic embedded spyware in Claude Code — and attempted to hide it from youreddit.com
Anthropic has embedded hidden spyware-like code in Claude Codetwitter.com
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