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Re:VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? by falcolas on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:12AM (#32566070)
I use IntelliJ for $dayjob, and while I love it, it too submits telemetry. I do not know how pervasive it is, but the controls for it are not obvious in the general config window.
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Re:VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? by api on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:22AM (#32566233)
The only way to really escape telemetry today is a local firewall that can block network access by application.

I would like to see some analysis of the telemetry Jetbrains sends and whether you can turn it off. It's a paid pro IDE so it wouldn't surprise me if you can really disable it because some commercial customers will not want telemetry. In high security environments it's often considered bad due to the possibility of accidentally exposing secret information.

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