Grok's Privacy Toggle Accused of Being Ineffective
aniketmaurya · x · 2026-07-14
The shared content points to privacy and data retention controversies surrounding Grok Build: researchers found that even with "share data" disabled, private repositories might still be uploaded. Additionally, ZDR (zero data retention) remains locked behind the Enterprise plan.
Officially, it is stated that ZDR can be checked or disabled via the CLI /privacy command, and synced data can be deleted. However, the post challenges this, arguing that the toggle only affects training and does not prevent code from leaving the local machine, making the so-called "privacy protection" misleading.
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