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Desktop app can read computer folder names without permission

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For some reason Claude never looks in my project's context area first, and defaults to scanning my computer for the folder I mentioned in the prompt, which is how I found out it has the ability to read folder names without being granted access to my computer or a particular folder. From a Claude co…

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  1. 2026-11-05 08:17 · r/ClaudeAI
    Desktop app can read computer folder names without permission

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