China tells devs to ditch Claude Code over 'backdoor code' fears
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China's national vulnerability database has flagged Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding assistant, warning developers to stop using older versions due to alleged 'backdoor code' fears. The claim is that a monitoring mechanism in the tool can forward Chinese users' data to remote servers, prompting official guidance to switch away from the tool.
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