01-05-2026, 07:09 PM
For those playing with Claude, you may be interested to read the following article :
Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop
Of particular interest is this quote :
" Claude opens new tabs for browser tasks and shares your browser's login state, so it can access any site you're already signed into "
And also (to make it clear) :
" That is explicit authenticated session access, DOM state read, form filling, and screen capture, described by Anthropic on their own
documentation site. If I have my bank open in a tab, the bridge's documented capabilities include reading it as me.
If I have Tax, or my Health portal, or a client's Slack, or an admin console to production infrastructure, the documented
capabilities include acting as me there. "
Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop
Of particular interest is this quote :
" Claude opens new tabs for browser tasks and shares your browser's login state, so it can access any site you're already signed into "
And also (to make it clear) :
" That is explicit authenticated session access, DOM state read, form filling, and screen capture, described by Anthropic on their own
documentation site. If I have my bank open in a tab, the bridge's documented capabilities include reading it as me.
If I have Tax, or my Health portal, or a client's Slack, or an admin console to production infrastructure, the documented
capabilities include acting as me there. "