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Claude Code's email leak
Claude Code's account email really can end up in a website request. The fix Anthropic points to calls itself a courtesy, not a boundary, and skips web and MCP tools.
Hacker News post and GitHub issue, 5 November 2026, and the reply on that issue ·
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The address is in the model's prompt, and the model can copy it into a User-Agent header when a site asks for contact details.
The reality check
The mod's README calls it a courtesy, not a boundary, and says WebFetch, WebSearch and MCP tools are not checked.
Why care? If you run Claude Code on scripted web work, assume your account address can leave in a request. Keep the privacy mod on, tell the agent not to use your address as contact details, and check outgoing calls.
Take this with youClaude Code's model can copy your account email into website requests, and the fix Anthropic points to calls itself a courtesy, not a boundary.
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The claim we checked
Claude Code sends your email address to websites, and Anthropic's built-in privacy mod now deterministically blocks it by default.
These are quoted receipts, not a count of independent investigations. Several reports may rely on the same original source.
The $16 billion in Meta scam-ad money is real, but it is a year-old projection that counts banned goods too. The fraud-only figure in the same documents is $7 billion.
Moneywise headline syndicated on Yahoo Finance, quoting Mark Cuban on a podcast ·
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Reuters did report a $16 billion internal projection in November 2025.
The reality check
it covers scams and banned goods, Meta calls it overly inclusive, and the documents put clear-fraud ads at about $7 billion a year.
Why care? If you quote this, use the $7 billion for fraud and say $16 billion is the wider scams-plus-banned-goods projection. If an older relative is on Facebook, warn them that celebrity cure ads are fake by default.
Take this with youThe $16 billion is a year-old Meta projection that counts banned goods as well as scams; the same documents put clear-fraud ads at about $7 billion a year.
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The claim we checked
Meta documents reveal US$16 billion in fraud-linked revenue, and Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads.
These are quoted receipts, not a count of independent investigations. Several reports may rely on the same original source.
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Microsoft's speech patent
Microsoft's patent really describes AI that swaps a speaker's words and redraws their lips. But its first claim edits one viewer's copy, from that viewer's profile, and the application has drawn examiner objections.
Computerworld, 4 November 2026, and Futurism, after the patent tracker Patentlyze ·
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The application exists and describes swapping words and redrawing lips within roughly 1 to 10 seconds.
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