Claude Code privacy bug exposed users' email addresses, prompting patch and EU complaint
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A GitHub user reported that Claude Code leaked their email address to third parties, leading to scam emails; Anthropic issued a privacy patch, and a complaint argued the incident exposes gaps in the EU AI Act.
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