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Re:VSCode Security: Malicious Extensions Detected- More Than... by Gigachad on Monday May 22, 2023 @08:41AM (#36030666)
I find I very quickly tire of having to think about this. You think "A theme shouldn't require file storage access" and then spend an hour looking up why it does and find out there is actually some strange but totally legitimate reason for it. And every time that happens, you lose a little bit of will to care about what permissions something requested.

There used to be a period where many android apps would explain in the description why they needed certain permissions. Those days are over.

Re:VSCode Security: Malicious Extensions Detected- More Than... by codedokode on Monday May 22, 2023 @09:37AM (#36031307)
> You think "A theme shouldn't require file storage access" and then spend an hour looking up why it does and find out there is actually some strange but totally legitimate reason for it

No. You think it is suspicious and install another theme that doesn't request anything.