Yes, you are correct in that an inexperienced Git user can mess up, I won't deny that. My issue here is that Kite requires you to proactively place a .kiteignore, before even whitelisting a directory. It also doesn't alert you that it's about to start indexing the files in the directory tree or that you need to add a .kiteignore to protect sensitive files before you whitelist them. At a minimum they should be respecting the existing .gitignore, and realistically they just be scrubbing all strings before sending any data.

I can 'git add .' and commit my life away, but that requires much more intention and explicitness than clicking enable on a prompt and continuing your standard workflow (ie: a simple 'vi super_seceret_file.py')