Why Your AI Code Editor Sends Your Code to the Cloud (And Why It Shouldn't)

77% of companies have no AI-specific security policy. Your code is probably already in someone else's cloud. TL;DR Most AI coding tools send your code to cloud servers for processing. Cursor runs agents in cloud sandboxes. Copilot processes completions on GitHub's infrastructure. Devin operates in cloud environments. For enterprises with sensitive IP, regulated industries, or simply good security hygiene, this is a non-starter. Bridge IDE runs 100% on your machine. Your code never leaves. The Problem In 2023, Samsung engineers accidentally pasted proprietary semiconductor code into ChatGPT. Three separate incidents in three weeks. Samsung banned all generative AI tools company-wide. They weren't careless. They were using the tools as intended. The tools just weren't designed for sensitive code. Three years later, the landscape hasn't changed much: Cursor 2.6 runs its Background Agents in cloud sandboxes. Your code is uploaded, processed, and (presumably) deleted. But it touches their i