Yes, the official VSCode binaries from Microsoft come with a binary blob to implement DRM. From the documentation (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Diff

Yes, the official VSCode binaries from Microsoft come with a binary blob to implement DRM. From the documentation (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Differences-between-the-repository-and-Visual-Studio-Code https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Differences-between...): "The distribution includes a native node module that allows the extension to use a "handshake" to adhere to the license by ensuring it is being used from Visual Studio Code"