To prevent "programmatic use", Claude Code may now request webcam access to assure user is present when prompting
Anthropic adds webcam verification to Claude Code
Anthropic updated Claude Code to request webcam access during prompts. The change verifies that a human user is present and blocks automated scripts from bypassing rate limits and usage policies. The feature now applies across Claude sessions. Developer and researcher discussions have followed posts that reference an image containing further implementation details in its alt text.
Many users dismissed viral claims and videos about Claude requesting webcam or microphone access as unbelievable, stupid, or low-tier rage bait, while others praised the posts as hilarious or impressive.
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insane that they would do this. they're going way too far
To prevent "programmatic use", Claude Code may now request webcam access to assure user is present when prompting
Apparently claude code is asking for microphone permissions to check if there is a breathing human in the area, just in case you set up a python script to use it overnight... they're going way too far
It's crazy what you can do with a well written CLAUDE.md :)
I would recommend checking the alt text before saying anything dumb in my replies :)
I…. Wow.
What did I do to my claude code
I forgot that comedy is illegal on X the everything app
I can sense a community note coming
I would recommend checking the alt text before saying anything dumb in my replies :)
To prevent "programmatic use", Claude Code may now request webcam access to assure user is present when prompting

@ybouane Active until the 28th, gonna shitpost away until then

I can sense a community note coming

@theo Sure I’ll turn on my webcam

@theo I thought you cancelled your subscription 👀

4 years ago I was invited to the anthropic office and they had sushi and the sushi wasn't bad but there was one guy I mean most of them were okay but there was one guy who was this man lit with curly hair and his nose was stuck up so high and he treated me with so much contempt that ever since then I had a sworn off anthropic and told myself basically I need to make sure that these guys lose or do everything in my capacity to ruin their chances of success mostly because you know at the core it is an evil company but also I just really did not like this guy in particular I think that he was very intimidated by me because I'm tall and better looking but what can you do so now I'm on a vendetta against the company and I don't want them to win and in fact I don't think they're going to win they've already you know kissed the ring of Elon Musk we all know that AI is going to become completely you know commoditized for the public it's basically an open secret now everyone knows this and anthropic were very slow to get onto the train for buying compute because they are decels and I just don't like these cells I think their losers

@theo This is getting out of hand

@theo its less funny when you already spend your days endlessly shilling openai

@yacineMTB @tcnoca @grok turn this long ass diatribe into a Dali painting

@de1lux Comedy is only level one day of the year I guess

@LilithDatura @theo Hello?

@theo oh fuck no why would they do this. This is horrible. Im not giving them access to my webcam. Just imagine the risks that them collecting data on all of our faces has. They really have gone down hill.

@yacineMTB I know you’re not this stupid, so you actually are just shilling this hard for OpenAI?
Willing to deceive people in the TL?

@yacineMTB how are they going to handle my dick pics i wonder

@theo "this idea is so bad we're worried you're too drunk to prompt, we need to see you tap your nose and rub your head"