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If you have a Claude account, they're going to train on your data moving forward

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439 points diggan | 1 comments | 29 Aug 25 11:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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some_random ◴[29 Aug 25 15:24 UTC] No.45065345[source]▶
Title is misleading, they're now opt-out rather than opt-in to your data being used for training. All you have to do is flip a single switch in the options to turn it off, I don't understand why everyone is treating this as being such a big deal.

Edit: I just logged in to opt out, they presented me with the switch directly. It was two clicks.

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rkomorn ◴[29 Aug 25 15:26 UTC] No.45065365[source]▶
I think any switch from opt-out-by-default to opt-in-by-default sucks, especially when it has no clear immediate benefit to the person being opted in.

Disclaimer: not a Claude user (not even a prospective one)

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some_random ◴[29 Aug 25 15:29 UTC] No.45065405[source]▶
I don't think it's good, but people both here and on reddit are acting like this is some Great Betrayal when it's just a single switch that they prominently present to you. If they're going to make this change, this is exactly how I'd want them to do it.
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latexr ◴[29 Aug 25 15:32 UTC] No.45065444{3}[source]▶
> If they're going to make this change

Feels like the complaint is precisely that people don’t want them to make this change.

> this is exactly how I'd want them to do it.

Sees naive to believe it will always be done like this, especially for new users.

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1. some_random ◴[29 Aug 25 15:43 UTC] No.45065557{4}[source]▶
First off, I don't think going into the settings and flipping a toggle switch once is a huge burden on those who want to use a service privately. But more importantly, some of the comments here are so hysterical I have to assume that they read the title and jumped to the conclusion that you cannot opt out anymore without a business account.