https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/28/bytedance_trae_telemetry/
https://github.com/segmentationf4u1t/trae_telemetry_research
… According to a report, Trae made “around 500 calls within 7 minutes, totaling up to 26 MB of data transferred” when actively using the editor, and after supposedly disabling telemetry. … Another analysis earlier this year, from Lance James at cybersecurity company Unit 221B, based on an earlier version of Trae, described its results as “a case study in how ostensibly free AI developer tools operate as sophisticated data collection systems.” …
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