Claude Code is steganographically marking requests

Post by humblyCrazy » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC

doginasuit wrote: post #460

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #412

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No fire, just people looking for a reason to be upset. "They didn't tell us they were secretly checking for ToS violations" is their reason this time.

It is not checking that is the problem, it is sending obfuscated information about the user without disclosure. That is unacceptable in any context, let alone a tool that requires an unprecedented level of trust.

Post by Barbing » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC

nativeit wrote: post #705

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Slipper slope is always a fallacy. It works as a metaphor, and as a rhetorical device, but the fact that it’s possible to construct a gradient from heaven to hell is not proof that each step in the gradient is inevitable. It’s a good way to illustrate a potential bad path. But I can construct a slippery slope from commenting on HN to making bioweapons. That should not be seen as evidence that HN commenters are likely…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope In a slippery-slope argument, a course of action is rejected because the slippery slope advocate believes it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in an undesirable end or ends. The core of the slippery slope argument is that a specific decision under debate is likely to result in unintended consequences. The strength of such an argument depends on whether the small step…

  A slippery slope argument (SSA), in logic, critical thinking, political rhetoric, and caselaw, is a logical fallacy in which a party asserts that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant (usually negative) effect.

Post by ChrisClark » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

wraptile wrote: post #672

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What do you mean “unfortunately”? What’s the hate for China I don’t understand

> What’s the hate for China I don’t understand country that does not allow internet is being hated on the internet

Post by soraminazuki » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC

Melatonic wrote: post #282

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Copying over my comment from elsewhere in this post: Anthopic choosing to delay their models' invevitable distillation by competitors is their prerogative. That they choose to implement it by fingerprinting my access patterns without first disclosing is where they shit the bed. It isn't "sneaky" it's straight up sneaky (and dishonest and unscrupulous while we're at it). That this particular instance is harmless doesn…

Does their user agreement say they won't be harvesting PII?

Post by weare138 » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

superfrank wrote: post #164

meowface wrote: post #92

Value judgment aside: I am a bit surprised at how sloppily they did this. I think they could've achieved the same effect while decreasing the odds of detection via reverse engineering. (This field is known as "underhanded code", coined by the Underhanded C contest: https://www.underhanded-c.org . It's a little-known "art"; little-known for probably self-explanatory reasons. There are much cleverer ways of achieving o…

It's also possible that there are more in-depth detection methods and that this was just a cheap and easy first step that hasn't been removed because it catches a lot of less sophisticated bad actors. It's unlikely that this will stop a big AI lab from distilling their model if they're really determined, but A) it may be enough to stop a bunch of fly-by-night token resellers looking to make a quick buck and B) you ne…