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weird-eye-issue | on: Claude Code sends your email address to websites
I highly doubt this is connected

Usually this is from LinkedIn, GitHub, etc scraping... There are databases where they just guess and verify emails too

gerdesj | parent | next
OP literally described a timescale for (not spam) to (spam) and you described a few possible options (basically a knee jerk reaction, with no evidence).

The medical world uses the terms indications and contraindications. I think we in IT could do with a similar process/procedure.

ruszki | root | parent | next
From somebody who helped fixing bugs by contacting customers directly: the first thing you need to throw out from their story is correlation. Most of the time, it's just a coincidence.

For example, my only used by Claude email address doesn't get any spam at all.

weird-eye-issue | root | parent
I'm sorry that I'm disputing their totally scientific "timescale". Btw did you mean timeline?

It can take a while for spammers to get your address on their list. Generally the amount of spam over time only goes up. Just because there's a correlation doesn't mean there is a causation. Anyone with an email address, including on a custom work domain, has experienced this and Claude wasn't responsible for all email spam lol

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paulddraper | parent | next
Yeah. This information is insanely easy to get.

98% I look at a LinkedIn profile, my $SALES_LEAD Chrome extension shows me their email + phone.

(To be clear, not from LinkedIn, but given their name/city/company.)

Foobar8568 | parent
Don't forget amazon.