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