If you're so paranoid about this possibility then just block it at the network level - heck, even whitelist IP ranges that you want iTerm2 to be able to connect

If you're so paranoid about this possibility then just block it at the network level - heck, even whitelist IP ranges that you want iTerm2 to be able to connect out to and default deny the rest. Let's not blame iTerm2, which is a highly useful, amazing piece of software that many of us have relied on on every day for years and have never paid anything to use. If you really are so worried about the AI feature being part of iTerm2 then go fork it and strip the AI functionality yourself: https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2 https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2