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Thanks for the pointer but I don't think this is what happened in my case. I never opened the marketing assets in VSCode. They reside in completely separate fol

Thanks for the pointer but I don't think this is what happened in my case. I never opened the marketing assets in VSCode. They reside in completely separate folders.

lvass 5y ago
Are you using Windows? IIRC Microsoft collects a hefty amount of data from your filesystem.
- polycaster 5y ago
  Good point again, but no. MacOS.
  - lvass 5y ago
    If VSCode scanned your files to feed Copilot, it's not just Microsoft who can access that, but anyone using copilot. Every single file in every single machine that ever ran VSCode would potentially be at anyone's grasp. Allowing this to happen would've been incredibly stupid. But it's worth investigating further.
    - rustc 5y ago
      > Every single file in every single machine that ever ran VSCode would potentially be at anyone's grasp. Even if they were scanning all the files, Copilot's terms [1] explicitly says they do not use the data to provide suggestions for other users. > GitHub Copilot does not use these URLs, file paths, or snippets collected in your telemetry as suggestions for other users of GitHub Copilot. This information is treated as confidential information and accessed on a need-to-know basis. [1] https://docs.github.com/en/github/copilot/github-copilot-telemetry-terms https://docs.github.com/en/github/copilot/github-copilot-tel...
- HWR_14 5y ago
  IIRC that collection is optional
  - gruez 5y ago
    According to microsoft's documentation[1] it's unintentional. Presumably because it's picked up from whatever's in memory, rather than being collected intentionally. >which may unintentionally contain user content, such as parts of a file you were using when the problem occurred [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/configure-windows-diagnostic-data-in-your-organization https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/configure-w...
    - HWR_14 5y ago
      Another reason why turning off automatic bug reporting is a good idea.
- amf12 5y ago
  The telemetry data does not (and should not) contain the file contents.

Thanks for the pointer but I don't think this is what happened in my case. I never opened the marketing assets in VSCode. They reside in completely separate folders.

lvass 5y ago

Are you using Windows? IIRC Microsoft collects a hefty amount of data from your filesystem.

polycaster 5y ago
Good point again, but no. MacOS.
- lvass 5y ago
  If VSCode scanned your files to feed Copilot, it's not just Microsoft who can access that, but anyone using copilot. Every single file in every single machine that ever ran VSCode would potentially be at anyone's grasp. Allowing this to happen would've been incredibly stupid. But it's worth investigating further.
  - rustc 5y ago
    > Every single file in every single machine that ever ran VSCode would potentially be at anyone's grasp. Even if they were scanning all the files, Copilot's terms [1] explicitly says they do not use the data to provide suggestions for other users. > GitHub Copilot does not use these URLs, file paths, or snippets collected in your telemetry as suggestions for other users of GitHub Copilot. This information is treated as confidential information and accessed on a need-to-know basis. [1] https://docs.github.com/en/github/copilot/github-copilot-telemetry-terms https://docs.github.com/en/github/copilot/github-copilot-tel...
HWR_14 5y ago
IIRC that collection is optional
- gruez 5y ago
  According to microsoft's documentation[1] it's unintentional. Presumably because it's picked up from whatever's in memory, rather than being collected intentionally. >which may unintentionally contain user content, such as parts of a file you were using when the problem occurred [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/configure-windows-diagnostic-data-in-your-organization https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/configure-w...
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    Another reason why turning off automatic bug reporting is a good idea.
amf12 5y ago
The telemetry data does not (and should not) contain the file contents.