Anthropic to deprecate local-only tasks in Cowork, users push back on privacy regression
I_DOM_UR_PATRIARCHY · reddit · 2026-10-06
A user reports Anthropic is planning to deprecate local-only tasks in Cowork, after previously switching settings without asking. The author argues local sessions — chats never living on Anthropic's servers, with short retention — are the core value for anyone with sensitive data, and forcing cloud sessions (or pushing users to Claude Code) makes the service less secure with no user benefit.
Related event: Claude Cowork drops local execution, moves tasks fully to the cloud(7 posts)→
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