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Some Claude Chats Are Searchable on Google

Private Claude AI chat conversations containing sensitive information, including medical billing data, cryptocurrency wallet keys, and personal addresses, have been indexed and made searchable on Google. The exposure stems from user-controlled sharing settings, with Anthropic stating that shared conversation links become publicly accessible content that may be archived by third-party services, pos

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August 4, 2026 · 1 min read

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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 about data sharing.

Anthropic’s position is that it’s not their problem : “We give people control over sharing their Claude conversations publicly, and in keeping with our privacy principles, we do not share chat directories or sitemaps with search engines like Google,” the company said in a statement. “These shareable links are not guessable or discoverable unless people choose to share them themselves.

When someone shares a conversation, they are making that content publicly accessible, and like other public web content, it may be archived by third-party services.” Here’s how to fix it.

Originally published at schneier.com

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