The Pulse: Grok’s CLI caught uploading all your local files to the cloud
3.42T1.5 sourceThe Pragmatic Engineer (Gergely Orosz)
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Published by The Pragmatic Engineer (Gergely Orosz) (T1.5 source). The original is at https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-pulse-groks-cli-caught-uploading.
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SummaryThe Pragmatic Engineer's newsletter flags that Grok's CLI was found uploading users' local files to the cloud, alongside notes on rising code review load at engineering organizations and surprise at enterprise pricing tiers.
Why it mattersDocuments a concrete privacy behavior of an agent CLI tool that directly affects how engineers decide to use it.
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