# Anthropic patches Claude Code privacy leak that exposed user email addresses

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> Published: 2026-11-07 19:07:00+00:00

# Anthropic patches Claude Code privacy leak that exposed user email addresses

According to GitHub issue #107757 filed November 5, Claude Code version 2.1.318 on macOS was writing signed-in users' email addresses into HTTP User-Agent headers during web requests without permission, leading one user to report receiving scam emails daily. Anthropic contributor Lydia Hallie announced a fix planned for early the following week that removes account email from the context provided to the model, and noted that a built-in privacy plugin blocks the leak in version 2.1.317 and later.

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- Official[Read article](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/107757)
- Press[Read article](https://theainewsreport.com/2026-11-06-claude-code-email-user-agent-leak-privacy-mod-explained.html)

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