Thariq Shihipar
Engineer, Claude Code team, Anthropic · as of 2026-10-05 · source
Claude Code engineer who explained and removed the hidden China/reseller markers in Claude Code (July 2026).
News mentioning Thariq Shihipar (1)
- Hidden code in Claude Code that flagged likely Chinese users and AI-lab proxies is exposed and removed; China's NVDB calls it a 'backdoor' and Alibaba bans the tool ★★★
On June 30, 2026 a Reddit user showed that Claude Code (from v2.1.91, released April 2) secretly marked sessions from Chinese time zones or from proxies on Chinese and AI-lab domains by subtly changing the "Today's date is" line in its system prompt. Anthropic's Thariq Shihipar called it "an…
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