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Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop (www.thatprivacyguy.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/security@programming.dev
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[–] 52 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Once again, brave browser sucks. Use Firefox or a Firefox fork if you want any real security.

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  • [–] 35 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    I don't think Firefox is immune to this, just that because its architecture is different, Anthropic didn't bother coding a bridge for it (given its market share).

    The main issue here is that Anthropic violated one of the most important (implicit) tenets of applications in a computer: don't touch other people's shit. Claude.app modified Brave (and others) configuration, adding an extension without user consent. An extension that, by the way, gives full control of the browser to Claude, including reading the DOM for browser tabs unrelated to Claude (for example, the one where you just entered your credit card details).

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    I can't believe how many decades we got out of just letting all apps have full access to $HOME. In $current_year it's our own fault if we don't properly isolate our applications I guess. Android does a pretty good job of it IMO although cross-app intents probably need more protection.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Technically, at least as far as the author can tell, it only affects Chromium-based browsers. So Firefox would not be affected (yet).

    And only on Mac so far, the app being made with ElectronOS. Not sure what Windows looks like.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    What's Brave got to do with this? The article (that you didn't read) goes into detail about how Anthropic places these files in the directory for any Chromium-based browser.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    While brave itself is only a minor character in this story, it is Chromium based. I was merely pointing it out. You'd be surprised how many push the brave browser on Lemmy.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    What is it with Lemmy users posting semi-unrelated comments just to make a point?

    You can't post anything in the Android or GooglePixel communities without 4 "ditch Google, use Graphene" comments.

    It really doesn't make for an engaging community that one wants to partake in.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I'm pretty sure I do not represent the com as an individual.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    No but you're doing a good job fuelling the stereotype 😃

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Maybe just maybe forums are for discourse? Or maybe you're just as at fault for trying to gatekeep, bringing the "immediately on topic" comment ratio down? Be the change you want to see in world and let it go. It's easy, start by not responding now.

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