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I am pretty sure the answer is "no" or we'd hear about it, but wanted to double-check. Does Github Copilot even send any local code to the backend?

Ideally, I'd want an AI autocompletion tool to share proprietary code within an organization, and only there.

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All calculations of GitHub Copilot happen on their Servers, none on your local machine. And if you don't disable telemetry as explained in their FAQ your interaction with Copilot (accepting/rejecting Suggestions) might be used to improve copilot, even tho they say your code will not be used. All this Information can be found in the FAQ: https://github.com/features/copilot (bottom of the page)

There are other competitors to Copilot that offer what you are looking for. Especially AI Learning on proprietary Code for your organization. But I won't disclose any names here since it could be seen as advertisement.

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    Great answer, thanks! How much do you trust them once you've disabled telemetry? I think it's fair to disclose other products in comments. People advertise their own products here all the time. They just add a disclaimer that it's their product. With other products, I've never seen a problem. I think there is a rule against opinion-based questions, but no rule against mentioning products AFAIK. And comments seem fair game for everybody. – Irina Rapoport Jul 31 '22 at 14:05
  • I wouldn't say I distrust Microsoft. But I can understand every Sec person uncomfortable with the idea. My company is discussing to use a self-hosted version of tabnine. And even the not self-hosted options have the posebility for private learning and non-cloud suggestions. If you have a more concerned security department this might be a product worth taking a look at. – Lalaluka Jul 31 '22 at 14:12
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    Tabnine would be nice, because we are a gitlab shop. How secure is it? AFAICT, it's endorsed, but not owned by Gitlab. Do you feel it's safer than Copilot? How do they compare quality-wise? – Irina Rapoport Jul 31 '22 at 14:17
  • The project FauxPilot is working on a opensource copilot but I have no idea how far they are. – John Oct 11 '22 at 18:58