Claude Code began to identify and ban users from Russia -. A VPN does not help and can only make the situation worse. Using hidden instructions, Anthropic models check computer settings, determine the user's true location, and transmit data to support to block the account. So far, only Anthropic has noticed this, but such mechanisms may appear in other American AI services in the future.

Claude Code began to identify and ban users from Russia -. A VPN does not help and can only make the situation worse. Using hidden instructions, Anthropic models check computer settings, determine the user's true location, and transmit data to support to block the account. So far, only Anthropic has noticed this, but such mechanisms may appear in other American AI services in the future.