[Bug][aup] Analyzing consumer drone firmware for legal interoperability research on owned hardware (req_011CcUAsVHbxL237FW41Ffba)

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 block occurred during a discussion about reverse-engineering firmware on a personally-owned commercial drone to restore functionality after app store bans removed the ability to fly legally-owned hardware, which is a lawful interoperability use case under DMCA Section 1201(f). The user was seeking to understand whether disabling an FAA remote ID broadcast feature would constitute a regulatory violation before proceeding, making this a compliance-focused inquiry rather than an attempt to circumvent safety regulations. Blocking a user asking about the legality of modifying their own device's broadcast behavior — before any actual circumvention step — is a false positive that conflates pre-flight legal due diligence with prohibited evasion of aviation safety systems.

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 2026-06-27T17:37:45.148Z.

Request IDs (lookup-able server-side)

• req_011CcUAsVHbxL237FW41Ffba (2026-06-27T17:37:45.148Z)

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:
#71867, #71868, #71871, #71883, #71884, #71885, #71894, #71895, #71896, #71897, #71898, #71899, #71900, #71901, #71902, #71903, #71904, #71906, #71907, #71908

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