Some Claude Chats Are Searchable on Google
And it’s personal information (alternate link ): The exposed data includes an AI-powered therapy app that someone appears to have vibe-coded, notes on meetings, and a dashboard someone made apparently to analyze medical billing data. Exposed chats reportedly include private cryptocurrency wallet keys and personal information like peoples’ addresses. What seems to be the issue is a user setting…
Recent revelations have surfaced regarding Claude, an AI-powered therapy application, whose data has been exposed online. The compromised information comprises sensitive user details, including notes from meetings, private cryptocurrency wallet keys, and personal data like addresses. The root cause appears to be a user oversight related to data sharing settings.
According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, they do not share chat directories or sitemaps with search engines such as Google. They emphasize that users have control over sharing their Claude conversations publicly, and these shareable links are not discoverable unless users intentionally make them public. When someone shares a conversation, they are essentially making that content accessible to the public, similar to other publicly shared web content.
In response to this issue, Anthropic advises users to review and adjust their data sharing settings to prevent unauthorized access to their private information.
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