Researcher says Cursor uploaded 736 MB despite disabled indexing

Migel Tissera says the transfers continued from July 18th to July 27th after his paid plan ended; Cursor's docs tie such uploads to indexing.

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Why it matters

Cursor's enterprise pitch depends on predictable code boundaries. If disabled indexing still permits uploads, developers cannot rely on the visible setting to keep repositories local.

Illustration of a personal computer transferring files totaling 736 MB to Cursor, with researcher Migel Tissera observing.

Migel Tissera (@migtissera), founder of cybersecurity developer Trinity Cloud, said in an eight-post thread on X that Cursor transferred 63,106 files totaling about 736 MB from folders he opened between July 18th and July 27th, even though his paid subscription had been canceled for months and codebase indexing was switched off.

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