To opt out of sharing your telemetry data in Kiro, use this procedure:

1. Open Settings in Kiro.

2. Switch to the User sub-tab.

3. Choose Application, and from the drop-down choose Telemetry and Content.

4. In the Telemetry and Content drop-down field, select Disabled to disable all product telemetry and user data collection.

source: https://kiro.dev/docs/reference/privacy-and-security/#opt-ou...

Is there a way to confirm this works or do we just have to trust that settings will be honored?

Just like using an AI model, you can’t actually know for sure that it won’t do anything malicious with what interfaces you give it access to. You just have to trust it.

You could place some unique strings in your code, and test it to see if they appear as completions in future foundation models? Maybe?

I am nowhere near being a lawyer, but I believe the promise would be more legally binding, and more likely to be adhered to, if money was exchanged. Maybe?

The "Amazon Q Developer Pro" sub they mention appears to be very inexpensive. https://aws.amazon.com/q/pricing/