Claude Cowork on your machine: how do you handle IDs and contracts it can read?
Kiiwyy · reddit · 2026-10-12
A Reddit user asks how others handle sensitive personal documents — contracts, national ID cards, etc. — when running Claude Cowork or Claude Code on their machine: do you block Claude from reading those files, grant full computer access, or find a middle ground? The thread highlights the practical privacy dilemma as coding agents gain local file access, with no settled answer yet.
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