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Tell HN: Claude Code just accepted and signed a contract for me. Without asking

51 points · 98 comments · franze

ayaniv · 1790068910 · focus · HN ↗
If you're willing to give Claude or any other AI tool access to your email and files, the least you should do is put guardrails around consequential actions.
Reading a contract is one thing. Applying your signature and preparing to send it should absolutely require explicit human approval.
1. jacquesm · 1790069414 · focus · HN ↗
  I've had humans do the exact same thing. When I pointed out that this was fraud they were all surprised.
  1. chrisjj · 1790071166 · focus · HN ↗
    You gave these humsns access to your email?
    jacquesm · 1790073348 · focus · HN ↗
    No, I've had someone scan a document I had signed before, clip out the signature and place it under a document I had never seen. 'For my convenience' ...
    But then again, you probably already knew the answer to the question you posed.
    chrisjj · 1790083130 · focus · HN ↗
    I'd say that's quite different. The guilty party didn't require your trust.
  2. ayaniv · 1790071383 · focus · HN ↗
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  3. cassianoleal · 1790080287 · focus · HN ↗
    In this case it's not fraud though, since the person running the software is the same person whose signature ended in the document.

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