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--no-remote flag does not fully disable remote control

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Description

### Describe the bug

The `--no-remote` flag is documented as "Disable remote control of your session from GitHub web and mobile", but it only sets remote to read-only instead of fully disconnecting it. The /remote off slash command correctly disconnects, but `--no-remote` does not match this behavior.

### Affected version

Copilot CLI v1.0.37

### Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Launch `copilot --no-remote`
2. Run `/remote` to check status
3. Observe: `Remote control status: read-only`

### Expected behavior

`/remote` should show `Remote control status: disconnected`, matching the behavior of `/remote off`.

### Additional context

There is also no persistent setting in `~/.copilot/settings.json` to default remote to disconnected, so users must run `/remote off` manually every session.

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