Tell HN: Installing Cursor on iOS irreversibly changes your privacy settings

According to Hacker News, installing the Cursor IDE app on iOS automatically changed a user's privacy settings without consent. The user had been using Cursor's legacy Privacy Mode—a setting preventing code storage. Upon logging into the iOS app, their account was switched to a new, less restrictive privacy mode that allows code storage for background agents and other features. Support confirmed the change occurred during onboarding and said there's currently no way to revert to the legacy setting, which has now disappeared from all menus. It's a striking example of privacy-by-default erosion in developer tools, where privacy commitments should matter most.

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