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Link for opting out: https://github.com/settings/copilot/features
In the "Privacy" section, set "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" to "Disabled".
Illusion of choice. That setting will, totally unbeknownst to them, enable itself.
I turned it off ages ago, and if you already had it off, it's staying off. (for now at least)
You better check again, mine got switched back on.
I check it every day before I use CoPilot 😁
The switch, yes. The system upholding your election... maybe or maybe not.
It seems to be off by default if you've already opted out of Copilot entirely. Definitely still a reminder I should set up my own git though
I run mine on a raspberry pi zero - wasn’t terrible to set up.