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Re:Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative by BryantD on Monday August 17, 2026 @05:29PM (#49337907)
I think there are a large number of people I’d trust with my code before Musk, and some of them are already running public Git repo hosting.

xAI was caught uploading any repo their coding agent touched to their storage only last month. This isn’t about Musk’s ideology: it’s about his trustworthiness. He sincerely believes he’s the only person who can save the world and that allows him to justify an awful lot of moral lapses.

Re:Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative by olejorgenb on Monday August 17, 2026 @05:37PM (#49338005)
Re:Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative by vorticalbox on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @12:56PM (#49348669)
it seems like they took reasonable steps after.

They acknowledged that it happened, fixed the bug that caused it, deleted all data that was uploaded.

Re:Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative by radley on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @01:52PM (#49349630)
Trustworthy companies take reasonable steps before.
Re:Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative by callmeal on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @01:39PM (#49349402)
>deleted all data that was uploaded.

Hahahahaha...

Well, if you believe that, I've got a bridge for sale...

Re:Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative by BryantD on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @06:11PM (#49353480)
I agree: the stated steps are what I’d expect.

I still don’t trust the company that made the decisions that led to that code being shipped in the first place.