BREAKING
Hidden China-Flagging Code in Claude Code
How the Detection Works
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Proxy in use
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Check timezone
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Match Chinese URL
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Encode in prompt
Steganography in the Date String
Reactions Are Divided
Defenders
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Reasonable IP protection
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On par with browser telemetry
Critics
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Concealed and obfuscated
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No user consent in a high-privilege tool
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prompts alleged
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fake accounts
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orgs targeted
No Direct Comment From Anthropic
AI NEWS BLITZ
Reverse-engineering reveals Claude Code secretly flags users accessing from China.