Grok CLI Accused of Leaking Codebases
basedjensen · x · 2026-07-14
Gergely Orosz shared that Grok CLI was allegedly caught secretly uploading user codebases, including credential files, in an incident, suggesting no "decent company" should use it under these circumstances.
A quoted user mentioned nearly subscribing to a higher-tier plan due to the good models and toolchain, but abandoned it after the incident. They advise immediately running run /privacy to opt out and configuring settings in /.grok/config.toml. The core takeaway is: once user trust is broken, it's hard to recover.
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