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What I learned by putting GitHub Copilot behind a MitM proxy

The author intercepts GitHub Copilot's network traffic using a MitM proxy to examine what data the AI coding assistant sends to Microsoft's servers. The investigation reveals details about telemetry, request payloads, and privacy implications of using an AI-powered coding tool.

Background

GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer by GitHub/Microsoft that suggests code completions and chat responses, raising ongoing privacy concerns about what code developers share with the service.

Source
Hacker News (RSS)
Published
Aug 11, 2026 at 06:40 PM
Score
6.0 / 10