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fucking hell are we only now having this discussion? when GitHub Copilot first released, a few years ago, my first reaction was: that's a keylogger! it sends everything in your editor to Microsoft, isn't anyone worried about that at all?

No, no one was. I despair




"Keylogger" and "spyware" have become so normalized that they have disappeared from the public lexicon.


With apologies,

1960s: “I BETTER NOT SAY THAT OR THE GOVERNMENT WILL WIRETAP MY HOUSE”

2020s: “HEY WIRETAP, DO YOU HAVE A RECIPE FOR PANCAKES?”




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