Cursor iOS app silently overrides desktop privacy settings, users report
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Summary
A user reports that installing the Cursor iOS app irreversibly changed their privacy settings on the desktop version. They had been using the strict "Privacy Mode (Legacy)" setting ("Do not store my code"), but after installing the iOS app, their privacy mode was silently switched to the newer, less restrictive version that allows code storage for "Background Agents or Other Features." The user is furious about this unexpected and irreversible privacy downgrade.
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Hacker NewsCursor iOS app silently overrides desktop privacy settings, users reportnews.ycombinator.comKey quotes
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I've been on `Privacy Mode (Legacy)` for a long time, which is the 'Do not store my code' setting.
They added a new Privacy Mode which is significantly more wishy-washy about what it might store - it includes a clause of 'Code may be stored for Background Agents or Other Features', so I've never touched it or wanted to enable it.
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