VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry?

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Nova Code Editor

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Hacker News Search

Summary of the thread based on the previous 100 threads about VSCode telemetry (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=VSCode%20telemetry&sort=byPopularity&type=story) Yes, VSCode collects telemetry. There is no way to turn this off. The events are mostly about which features are being used. Microsoft claims that the events are anonymized and this is therefore GDPR compliant. Critics, especially on HN, speak about the potential privacy violations that this data could enable. In none of the threads I've read have people actually given a mechanism of how this would happen. It's taken as an article of faith that de-anonymization is trivial. Assuming that it's true, it's still unclear how knowledge of the features a person uses in the app can be used to do anything other than improving the app. My opinion - it's safe to assume Microsoft is GDPR compliant. There's no sense in risking the fines GDPR could potentially levy for the sake of ... What exactly? There's no upside even if this data was somehow de-anonymized. The sensible thing to do is to delete everything within 90 days except for the most basic info (number of unique users over time).

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Productivity Power Tools

It's probably true that many Visual Studio Code extensions are Open Source, but there are plenty that are not. Here is one from a random person on the internet which has the license "All rights reserved": https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=LiamNeville.emoji-icon-fun-theme Here is another by Adobe that doesn't have a license linked to it (presumed proprietary): https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=com-adobe-coldfusion.adobe-cfml-lsp.

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