[Bug][aup] False positive AUP block on legitimate firmware reverse-engineering for owned consumer drone hardwa (req_011CcU9x4RemnnTJm3r341F2)

Triage: kind aup · domain general · severity session-halted (blocked authorized work) · reproducible: yes — server-side via the Request ID(s) below

Type: AUP / Usage-Policy block (false positive) · Work domain (heuristic): general

Why this is a false positive

The user asked about downloading and analyzing firmware for a consumer drone they own, specifically to study the automatic broadcast (Remote ID) feature that was added in a subsequent firmware update. This is a legitimate hardware security research and interoperability task — the user owns the hardware, wants to understand what software changes were introduced in a specific update, and is motivated by privacy concerns and loss of functionality rather than any malicious intent. The block appears to be a false positive triggered by keywords associated with drone firmware analysis, despite the work being lawful reverse engineering of user-owned hardware for interoperability purposes, which is explicitly recognized as acceptable under exemptions like DMCA §1201(f).

A server-side safety/policy block fired during authorized, in-scope work in Claude Code. Filing as a false positive. Recurred 1× across 1 session(s); first seen 2026-06-27T17:26:18.305Z.

Request IDs (lookup-able server-side)

• req_011CcU9x4RemnnTJm3r341F2 (2026-06-27T17:26:18.305Z)

In-scope justification

False positive — in-scope, authorized security work; not out of scope. Filed automatically by claudit.

Block message

API Error: Claude Code is unable to respond to this request, which appears to violate our Usage Policy (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Please double press esc to edit your last message or start a new session for Claude Code to assist with a different task.

Request ID: req_011CcU9x4RemnnTJm3r341F2

Environment: Claude Code, Linux. · Work domain: general

Related reports (same work session, linked)

Distinct false-positive blocks from the same work session, each its own report:
#71845, #71846, #71847, #71849, #71850, #71851, #71856, #71858, #71860, #71861, #71862, #71865, #71866, #71867, #71868, #71871, #71883, #71884, #71885, #71894

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_{🔎 Filed automatically by ClAudit v2.0.85 — a FOSS tool for reporting false-positive Claude Code blocks.}