This is probably an unfortunate combination of a broad watch for file changes, code that opens changed files to determine whether to proceed (hacks for hardlink

This is probably an unfortunate combination of a broad watch for file changes, code that opens changed files to determine whether to proceed (hacks for hardlinks/junction points? collecting more information before bubbling the event up to higher layers?), and built-in analytics. I'd be shocked if it's actually uploading a comparably sized payload.