Z.ai says sorry for slurping up your code, open sources ZCode
Z.ai apologized after ZCode uploaded developers' workspaces to Alibaba Cloud without disclosure.
Z.ai apologized after developers found its ZCode coding tool packaging entire user workspaces, including project histories, encrypting them, and uploading them to Alibaba Cloud. The decryption key was held only by Z.ai, and users reportedly had no setting to disable the behavior or disclosure in the privacy policy. Z.ai said the data was not used for training, that previously uploaded files were deleted, and that the Repo Wiki feature was removed. It open sourced ZCode and said CAICT and NSFOCUS confirmed the deletion after the changes.
- ZCode encrypted and uploaded entire user workspaces to Alibaba Cloud.
- Only Z.ai held the decryption key, so users could not retrieve or delete files.
- The company says uploaded data was never used for model training.
- Repo Wiki was removed, data was deleted, and ZCode was open sourced.
- CAICT and NSFOCUS reviewed the product after the changes.
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