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Z.AI admits ZCode silently uploaded user files without consent

Developers report Z.AI's ZCode uploading local files without consent

2 Sep 21 · 5d ago · 1 article · 1 source · development 2 of 2

Prominent developers Ferstar and Feng Ruohang publicly raised alerts about ZCode silently compressing and uploading their local workspace files to Alibaba Cloud storage without authorization. Ferstar's analysis showed 313MB of files compressed into an archive with 564 failed upload attempts and one successful 15KB transfer; filenames remained visible despite encryption, exposing project details.

Developers report Z.AI's ZCode uploading local files without consent
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“ai 's firefighting exercise began after a number of prominent devs raised flags about their local files and data being uploaded to online servers without their consent.”

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Z.AI (Zhipu AI) AI company, ZCode developerFerstar Developer/bloggerFeng Ruohang Tech blogger

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  1. 1 outlet Devs say Chinese AI company silently uploaded hundreds of megabytes of local workspace data, company apologizes — Z.AI, the firm behind the GLM models, didn’t ask for user consent and made 564 attempts to exfiltrate 313MB archive

    first by Tom's Hardware, 5d ago

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