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What do you see as malicious or reckless here, exactly? This seems to be a VERY low resolution, functionally anonymous, bit of info, probably related to protec
by nomel 4mo ago
What do you see as malicious or reckless here, exactly?
This seems to be a VERY low resolution, functionally anonymous, bit of info, probably related to protecting their IP from bad actors breaking the TOS.
This looks like it's covered in the second bullet point of the "Personal data we automatically receive", that you consented to:
> Usage Information: We collect information about your use of the Services, such as the dates and times of access, browsing history, search, information about the links you click and about third-party applications, services, and content you integrate or interact with, pages you view, and other information about how you use the Services, and technology on the devices you use to access the Services.
What do you see as malicious or reckless here, exactly?
[1] https://www.anthropic.com/privacy https://www.anthropic.com/privacy
- phoghed 4mo agoAre you honestly surprised that roughly 0 HN users read that, or that they are loudly complaining about this, likely without even reading beyond the headline of this post?
- computerex 4mo agoI don't want my harness doing sneaky stuff like this. I don't want my harness data mining me. I want my harness to implement the agentic loop and I want it to be transparent.
- solenoid0937 4mo agoYour harness isn't doing sneaky things unless you're breaking TOS. HN hysteria is unreal.
- computerex 4mo agoYou may be ok with the harness doing 100 things that are not what I am using it for. But none everyone is, and it’s hardly hysterical. Perhaps you are simply careless.
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- BeetleB 4mo ago> I don't want my harness doing sneaky stuff like this. Since when was it your harness? Switch to pi if this bothers you.
- computerex 4mo agoI made my own! https://github.com/computerex/z https://github.com/computerex/z
- lelanthran 4mo ago> probably related to protecting their IP The same IP that is a highly compressed collection of everyone's else's IP? That's hilarious.
- theshrike79 4mo agoIf some other AI company wants a highly compressed collection of everyone else's IP, they can get it by themselves - not from Anthropic pre-compressed =)
- lelanthran 4mo agoActually, no, I think I'll rather just take it from them.
- Davidzheng 4mo agoIs it completely clear to you what the purpose of this is? It isn't completely clear to me but it's very likely it's an issue with me. I feel that it can be part of some larger counteroffensive against certain actors in China in a way that is more than just the signalling here--like maybe there's much more we haven't seen. In any case, it certainly shows their willingness to use less conventional tactics against those they view as adversaries.
- justcool393 4mo ago> their IP it's not IP, and it's certainly not their IP > the TOS oh no, the terms of service how dare people break those. you don't get to claim fair use while CFAAing everyone's actual IP then whine about the tos, and then when called out on spying on users point to it as if it being in the tos somehow justifies it a lot of other malware has a tos too but we still call it for what it is
- nomel 4mo ago> it's not IP, and it's certainly not their IP I'm not a lawyer so maybe that is the wrong legal term for a model/service like this. Would you mind telling me the word I should have used?
- justcool393 4mo ago"model" or "service" would be the term. basically the point is that it's not protected because it doesn't fall under any classification of IP (it's not copyright or patent since it's mathematical outputs of a mechanical system, it's not trademark because obvious, and it's not a trade secret because it's not a secret)