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Anthropic installed a spyware bridge on my machine?
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.
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Security & PrivacyAI & Machine Learning2026
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2026 | Anthropic installed a spyware bridge on my machine? by twapi | 151 | 35 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 6 Hacker News comments by 3 different people, from Apr 2026 to Nov 2026.
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