This sets up your computer so Chance can work on it remotely.
Read this before you run anything. It explains precisely what gets installed and what access it gives away. If you are not comfortable with it, close this page — nothing has happened yet.
Access you are giving Chance
All four of these are permanent until you undo them.
- Remote sign-in to this computer, as an administrator, without a password. His key is installed here, so he can connect any time this computer is powered on and online — without asking first, and without anything appearing on your screen.
- An SSH server, running from the moment the computer starts. It starts before anyone signs in, so a restart does not interrupt his access.
- Membership of his private network (Tailscale). Installed as a background service and set to reconnect on its own. This is how he reaches this computer from anywhere.
- The computer's name and network address, reported back to him once. So he knows how to reach it. He is notified when setup finishes.
Administrator access is broad. Someone with it can read, change or delete any file on this computer, install and remove software, and see what accounts exist. There is no technical limit on it.
Only accept this from someone you actually trust, on a computer where that makes sense. A shared or work computer is usually not that computer.
Access you are keeping
This installer does not do any of the following.
- No monitoring. Nothing here records your screen, your keystrokes, your browsing, your location or your files. No agent watches you.
- No passwords. Your saved passwords, browser profiles and accounts are untouched, and none are sent anywhere.
- Your Claude account stays yours. Claude Code is installed and you sign in with your own account. Chance cannot see your conversations.
- You cannot reach his computers. This works one way on purpose. Joining his network gives you no access to his machines, servers or files — his network refuses connections from this computer.
Set it up
Chance gives you the access code. Takes about five minutes, mostly waiting.
Run this on the computer you are setting up
This command works once and expires in 10 minutes. If it stops working, come back and get another.
How to undo all of this
You can reverse everything above at any time, without asking anyone. The installer saves an uninstaller on this computer when it runs.
Windows — in PowerShell, as administrator:
& "$env:ProgramData\clworks\disconnect.ps1"
Mac or Linux — in Terminal:
sudo /usr/local/bin/clworks-disconnect
It leaves the network, deletes Chance's key, stops the SSH server and removes the startup entries. Claude Code stays installed unless you remove it yourself — it is ordinary software and gives no one access to this computer.