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Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by millstone on Friday April 12, 2019 @10:13PM (#19650656)
I think it sends MS every keypress in search fields - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/49161
Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by zeusk on Friday April 12, 2019 @10:25PM (#19650707)
If you had actually read that issue,

> Lol, probably just an oversight because they made the search a lot better.

> So I think it only does this on the settings file and not on other files ;)

> https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2018/04/25/bing-settings...

Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by kotrunga on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:39PM (#19650969)
No matter what, it's an opt-out setting that can only be disabled with:

"workbench.settings.enableNaturalLanguageSearch": false

That's unacceptable.

Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by Stuckinsofa on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:48PM (#19651013)
Can you explain why this search feature is a problem because I don't understand?
Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by userbinator on Saturday April 13, 2019 @12:21AM (#19651110)
Maybe not understanding the problem with a tool that may be used to work on proprietary code containing trade secret information silently and unexpectedly sending information out to the Internet is the reason for software becoming spyware...
Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by zeusk on Saturday April 13, 2019 @12:28AM (#19651125)
Emphasizing from my original post,

>> it only does this on the (VSCode) settings file and not on other files ;)

Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by userbinator on Saturday April 13, 2019 @12:57AM (#19651186)
Starting with "Lol, probably just an oversight" and ending with an emoticon is excessively dismissive and flippant... that's how you lose customers, or potential ones.
Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by Stuckinsofa on Saturday April 13, 2019 @01:55PM (#19654587)
You store trade secrets in your configuration file? I still don't understand what the big issue is. Can you clarify that instead of critizising my lack of knowledge?