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Sigh, this again. Microsoft is very upfront about this. Right on the download page for the nightly build is this link: https://code.visualstudio.com/license/in
by Analemma_ 9y ago
Sigh, this again.
Microsoft is very upfront about this. Right on the download page for the nightly build is this link: https://code.visualstudio.com/license/insiders https://code.visualstudio.com/license/insiders and it says
> DATA. The software may collect information about you and your use of the software, and send that to Microsoft. Microsoft may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services. For this pre-release version, users cannot opt out of data collection.
(emphasis mine)
- indemnity 9y agoThat’s not a great example of upfront, who reads licenses or license agreements? I’ve been using VSCode for more than a year, including pre-release versions and had no idea this was happening. If I was asked for consent it was not very clear that keystrokes were included in the data being sent to Microsoft. Is this GDPR compliant? I would think not, since you can’t just squirrel things away in a dense user agreement and claim you’ve met the bar.
- harrygeez 9y agoYou clearly do not use the nightly version to judge. They literally inform you this, not hidden in any TOS, like really straight up telling you you can't disable telemetry on Nightlies. They even told you that you can compile your own, which will include none of the telemetry
- OnlyRepliesToBS 9y agoWhat the shit kind of argument is that? No, this moving line in the sand is NOT OK, even if they grant themselves permission to do so.
- dbuder 9y ago"may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services" This is a bit broad though isn't it? They could argue they can use any code you enter into VSCode without paying you.