In a new privacy policy, Anthropic says Claude will soon require you to upload your driver's license or passport for a variety of reasons.

[huntingdon@mstdn.social]

@zackwhittaker

Fuck Claude. If it wants a copy of my driver's license, Pete Thiel can give me a copy of his passport and driver's license first. And fuck Pete Thiel and his puppet, JD Eyeliner.

[frumble@chaos.social]

@zackwhittaker

[patrickoldhiker@ohai.social]

@zackwhittaker Fortunately, I will never have need of the services of Anthropic.

[finfangfoomed@mastodon.social]

@zackwhittaker so does this mean that everyone that works for a shitty company that requires them to use AI is now also going to have to give a third party private information or lose their job?

Hooray for the surveillance state!

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@zackwhittaker

No wonder Jeff Bezos signed a "strategic partnership" with Anthropic, then immediately narc'd Anthropic to the feds.

"Private data violations for me, but not for thee"

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-anthropic-stake-skyrockets-ai-startup-ipo-2026-6

https://gizmodo.com/why-would-amazons-ceo-try-to-kneecap-anthropic-by-tattling-to-trump-2000773843

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/949601/amazon-anthropic-fablemythos-government-ban

https://fortune.com/2026/06/18/inside-trump-anthropic-mythos-crackdown-ai-regulation-amazon-andy-jassy-phone-call/

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-invests-additional-5-billion-anthropic-ai

https://www.theverge.com/amazon/667916/jeff-bezos-amazon-saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi

No honor amongst thieves.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/21/amazon-boss-jeff-bezoss-phone-hacked-by-saudi-crown-prince

If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-intelligence/ai-tech-brief/2026/06/15/plus-amazon-anthropics-strategic-partnership-gets-more-complicated/

https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/28/anthropic-just-delivered-spectacular-news-for-amaz/

[cynblogger@sfba.social]

@zackwhittaker
Reason number 9,887,466,315 for never using AI.

[theorangetheme@en.osm.town]

@zackwhittaker ACAB includes Claude.

[sandro@defcon.social]

@zackwhittaker é um estado de vigilância constante. Saudades da Internet da década de 90.

[tseitr@mastodon.sdf.org]

@theorangetheme @zackwhittaker All Claudes Are Bastards

[onterof@sueden.social]

@zackwhittaker Good thing that in Europe there are very strict laws on how companies are allowed to use (or for that matter transfer to third parties) personal data of employees.

[i_give_u_worms@beige.party]

@zackwhittaker does it also need an image of deez nuts

[his_boy_sherman@mstdn.social]

@zackwhittaker What, no blood & urine samples and birth certificate? Amateurs

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@zackwhittaker

What could possibly go wrong…

[paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange]

@zackwhittaker

as if we didn't already have way too many reasons not to use an LLM products already, requiring giving your data to someone as untrustworthy as persona is certainly another major reason to avoid this.

[401matthall@mastodon.xyz]

@zackwhittaker

I don't think that's gonna go as well for them as they're hoping.

I mean, obviously, we'll see. I just suspect they're going to edge out some folks who'd otherwise sing their praises.

[bzdev@fosstodon.org]

@FinFangFoomed @zackwhittaker If a company wants to use Claude and Claude wants an ID, how about giving Claude your employee ID? If your employer won't trust them with your employee ID, you shouldn't trust them with your driver's license.

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@zackwhittaker Makes my shift out of the technical world that much nicer. I'll just grab my bucket of popcorn and watch the fireworks. 🧨

[heatherferris@mastodon.social]

@zackwhittaker Argh. Don't sell your soul to the devil Claude!

[mastodonmigration@mastodon.online]

@zackwhittaker

FFS ‍️

[freediverx@mastodon.social]

@zackwhittaker