ME News reports that on September 18 (UTC+8), developer ferstar reverse-engineered Z.ai’s AI programming desktop application, ZCode, and discovered that after login, it silently packages and encrypts the entire workspace—including complete .git history, LFS cache, reflogs, and global configurations—for upload to Aliyun OSS. In a real-world test, one snapshot consisted of 42,411 files totaling 313 MB, with the .git directory accounting for 86.6% of the payload. 🔗 Read the original article via AIHOT · https://aihot.news/items/cmu6y9sjz0jbyrowkh7tus28l (Source: AiHot)
Developer reverse-engineers ZCode, discovers silent Git upload to Aliyun OSS
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AI and crypto news broke on September 18 (UTC+8) when developer ferstar reverse-engineered ZCode, Z.ai’s AI coding app, and discovered it silently uploads the full .git history, LFS cache, and workspace to Aliyun OSS. A snapshot included 42,411 files (313 MB), with .git accounting for 86.6%. The incident has sparked global discussions on crypto policy and data privacy in AI tools.
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