Claroc counted 35,578 Grok Build apps open without sign-in

An updated account of Claroc's November 10th research: 35,578 Grok Build apps opened without sign-in, including 24 built by SpaceXSI and X staff. An outside account edited one of Claroc's test apps.

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Primary source: Engadget

Why it matters

AI app builders let non-engineers publish working internal tools in minutes, and Grok Build's link design turned that convenience into a searchable index of live apps. Claroc's tests on its own apps show the risk goes past reading: sign-in that never checks team membership let an outside account edit and delete records.

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An updated account of Claroc's November 10th research: 35,578 Grok Build apps opened without sign-in, including 24 built by SpaceXSI and X staff. An outside account edited one of Claroc's test apps.

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