Mastodawn

Heads up, the fuckers in GitHub have opted everyone into training Copilot. You can see your setting under a new "Copilot Settings" item https://github.com/settings/copilot/features

Anyone who opts people into bullshit like this should be instantly thrown in a volcano

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Abban

I'm guessing they've already included all your work up to now in their models using being "opted-in" as an excuse

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Mark B Tomlinson 2d ago

@abban I read a piece about the extent of their scrapping and you are right even private repos are included if you opt-in.
There is a long thread on their post about it and how pissed people are:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/188488?sort=top

FAQ: Privacy Statement update on Copilot data use for model training (Free/Pro/Pro+) · community · Discussion #188488

Hello GitHub Community👋 We’re sharing an update to our Privacy Statement and Terms of Service about how we use personal data to develop, improve, and secure GitHub products and services, including ...

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