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The most concerning part of their FAQ is this:

>What data does GitHub Copilot collect?

>...

>User Engagement Data

>...

>Code Snippets Data

>Depending on your preferred telemetry settings, GitHub Copilot may also collect >and retain the following, collectively referred to as “code snippets”: source >code that you are editing, related files and other files open in the same IDE or >editor, URLs of repositories and files paths.

It's possible to opt out, but it's not disabled by default, and this code snippets might be very sensitive.



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