What's changed: New GH-300 Chapter 6 (privacy settings & exclusions = content exclusion/editor settings, output ownership and limits [public-code match/licensing]; safeguards & troubleshooting = enabling duplication detection/security warnings, diagnosing suggestion/exclusion issues [exclusion/policy/seat/language], safeguards are not perfect)
6.2Safeguards and Troubleshooting
Understand enabling safeguards such as duplication detection (for suggestions matching public code) and security warnings (for vulnerable suggestions), and troubleshooting issues with suggestions and exclusions.
Against privacy, licensing, and security risks, Copilot provides safeguards. The key ones are duplication detection and security warnings. Enabling these and being able to troubleshoot issues like "no suggestions" or "exclusion not working" is tested in GH-300.
6.2.1Duplication detection and security warnings
Enabling duplication detection makes Copilot block or suppress suggestions matching public code, avoiding "verbatim" suggestions with licensing concerns (toggled in org/individual settings). Security warnings / vulnerability filtering detect and suppress dangerous patterns (weak crypto, injection-prone code). But these are aids, not perfect, so use them alongside dedicated security scanning (Chapters 1 and 5).
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