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Updated privacy-related settings for VS Code #16

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Updated privacy-related settings for VS Code #16

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  • VS Code configuration

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Added four privacy-related settings:

  1. workbench.settings.enableNaturalLanguageSearch.

    From the description:

    The natural language search is provided by a Microsoft online service.

    So turning off this setting should increase privacy.
    It is also turned off by default in VS Codium.

  2. update.mode.
    Disabling automatic checks.

  3. update.showReleaseNotes.

    From the description:

    Notes are fetched from a Microsoft online service.

  4. extensions.autoCheckUpdates.
    Disabling automatic checks.

Turning the setting 2-4 off should lower the amount of data transferred to Microsoft.
The settings 2-4 only take effect if added to the user's settings.json!

@pasabanov pasabanov added the configuration Configuring the project label Oct 4, 2024
@pasabanov pasabanov self-assigned this Oct 4, 2024
@pasabanov pasabanov merged commit 8b440c7 into main Oct 4, 2024
@pasabanov pasabanov deleted the vscode branch October 4, 2024 02:06
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