Will your private code be shared with other users?
No. They claim to use telemetry data, including information about which suggestions users accept or reject, to improve the model.
But it does in fact send "parts of the file you are editing" to GitHub, which could get people in trouble if they're working with code or data that they are legally forbidden to share.
This includes code that is not open-source licensed, snippets that consume such code, intellectual property or trade secrets, code covered by non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements, things covered by your employers security policy, privacy law protected data, etc.
Something to take into consideration before installing this extension!
From the official FAQ [1]:
GitHub Copilot transmits part of the file you are editing to the service. [...] This telemetry is used to improve future versions of the AI system
But it does in fact send "parts of the file you are editing" to GitHub, which could get people in trouble if they're working with code or data that they are legally forbidden to share.
This includes code that is not open-source licensed, snippets that consume such code, intellectual property or trade secrets, code covered by non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements, things covered by your employers security policy, privacy law protected data, etc.
Something to take into consideration before installing this extension!
From the official FAQ [1]:
1 copilot.github.com/#faq-how-is-the...