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AI Coding Tool Uploads Entire Git History to Vendor Cloud

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer discovered that an AI coding CLI uploads full Git history, including secrets, to a vendor-controlled cloud bucket, bypassing the privacy opt-out toggle. This infrastructure-layer data exfiltration path operates independently of model-layer mitigations. The finding raises serious concerns about privacy assurances from AI coding tools.

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The silence around this finding suggests either the industry is desensitized to data leaks or the vendor hopes to quietly patch it without scrutiny.
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