Is Claude Code Secretly Installing Spyware?

Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop — That Privacy Guy!

Anthropic's Claude Desktop silently installs a Native Messaging bridge into seven Chromium browsers, including browsers Anthropic's own documentation says it does not support, and browsers the user has not even installed.

Claude Code Is Steganographically Marking Requests

I inspected Claude Code for privacy reasons and found hidden system prompt markers based on API base URL and timezone.

Researcher hacks Claude Code Chrome fix in 3 hours

Researchers say a flaw in Claude Code’s Chrome extension let any browser extension hijack AI actions – and Anthropic’s patch was bypassed in just 3 hours.

claude-code/plugins/ralph-wiggum at main · anthropics/claude-code

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git workflo...

Overview - Claude Code Docs

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands, and integrates with your development tools. Available in your terminal, IDE, desktop app, and browser.

Customize Claude Code with plugins | Claude

Claude Code now supports plugins: custom collections of slash commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks that install with a single command. Share your Claude Code setup with plugins Slash commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks are all extension points you can use to customize your experience with...

Claude for Chrome | Claude

Bring Claude's AI assistance to your browser. Ask questions, analyze data, automate tasks, and navigate sites in Chrome. Works with Claude Code and Desktop.

How Do Scientists Use Claude Code?

Measuring Claude Code adoption among 16,000 scientists on GitHub

Gergely Orosz on Twitter / X

This is either brilliant or scary:Anthropic accidentally leaked the TS source code of Claude Code (which is closed source). Repos sharing the source are taken down with DMCA.BUT this repo rewrote the code using Python, and so it violates no copyright & cannot be taken down! pic.twitter.com/uSrCDgGCAZ— Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz) March 31, 2026

Claude Code is a Conflict of Interest

Claude Code: An analysis | Notion

Why Claude Code Matters

Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks

227 install commands were found in corporate docs pointing at code nobody owns.

How Anthropic teams use Claude Code | Claude

Teams across Anthropic use Claude Code for everything from debugging production issues and navigating unfamiliar codebases to building custom automation tools. Here's how. ‍

Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file

512,000 lines of code that competitors and hobbyists will be studying for weeks.

Claude Platform

Updates to the Claude Platform, including the Claude API, client SDKs, and the Claude Console.

Claude Code Unpacked

What actually happens when you type a message into Claude Code? The agent loop, 50+ tools, multi-agent orchestration, and unreleased features, mapped from source.