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pixelready • yesterday at 8:28 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

It feels icky, and my default is not to side with megacorps engaged in blanket surveillance, but I can’t really fault Anthropic here. The correct setup should be a law that protects this sort of interaction with a chat bot as privileged, along the lines of HIPAA-mode. Use a classifier or some sort of “private mode” toggle to tell the platform you’re engaging in privileged communication ala dear diary, and then a much higher legal standard needs to apply to protecting that data (no training, same protections as doctor / psychologist interactions). Even a therapist has a legal duty-to-report in certain situations.


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Gigachad • yesterday at 9:15 PM

I’m going to guess that planning a mass shooting clears any hurdle that would be in place here.

While the privacy around ai chatbots is rotten in general, I can’t fault anyone who reported this.

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Rover222 • yesterday at 8:43 PM

Is it really "blanket surveillance" when it only sees exactly what you put into it? That's like saying you're being filmed against your will while... filming yourself.

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