Can't say they are wrong, after the latest backdoor, or let's say, undocumented functionality that leaks some data that was pushed in Claude Code few days ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48759754

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dgellow 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That’s not what a backdoor is…

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tpoacher 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Rear entrance then

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rvnx 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

When a company can remotely push code without explicit user approval, and code that was hostile / almost malicious, it is a backdoor

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jitl 7 hours ago | parent [-]

so like… any website

	▲	rvnx 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, except the website doesn't have broad access to your computer and filesystem

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SubiculumCode 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think most websites transmit general locationbto the server.