AI coding assistants used by 1.5 million developers are reportedly sending ingested code to China. Developers should be aware of this potential data exfiltration and consider alternative tools.
Home Blog AI Coding Assistants Secretly Copying All Code to China There’s a new report about two AI coding assistants, used by 1.5 million developers, that are surreptitiously sending a copy of everything they ingest to China. Maybe avoid using them. Tags: AI , China , leaks Posted on February 2, 2026 at 7:05 AM • 12 Comments ← Friday Squid Blogging: New Squid Species Discovered Microsoft is Giving the FBI BitLocker Keys → Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.