How to keep your Claude chats and Google files private
Summary
Users of the Claude chatbot found that some of their chat conversations could appear in search engine results like Google and Bing if they were shared via public links. This raised concerns about how much control people have over their shared online information and how easily private chats or documents might become public.Key Facts
- Claude chatbot users can share public links to their chat conversations, making them accessible to anyone with the link.
- Some of these shared chat conversations were discoverable on search engines like Google and Bing.
- As of Tuesday morning, the chats previously found in searches no longer appeared on Google or Bing.
- Publicly shareable chat links that lack protection can be indexed by search engines if those links are posted online or on social media.
- Anthropic, the company behind Claude, uses a “robots.txt” file to guide search engines, but may not have used other measures needed to block all chat pages from being indexed.
- Google Drive documents with public links can also be found via search engines, sometimes including sensitive information.
- Neither Anthropic nor Google currently warn users that sharing links may make their content searchable on the internet.
- Privacy experts warn that sharing links widely can lead to unintended public exposure if those links are shared further or posted online.
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