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millstone

I think it sends MS every keypress in search fields - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/49161

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If you had actually read that issue,

> Lol, probably just an oversight because they made the search a lot better.

> So I think it only does this on the settings file and not on other files ;)

> https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2018/04/25/bing-settings...

No matter what, it's an opt-out setting that can only be disabled with:

"workbench.settings.enableNaturalLanguageSearch": false

That's unacceptable.

Can you explain why this search feature is a problem because I don't understand?

Maybe not understanding the problem with a tool that may be used to work on proprietary code containing trade secret information silently and unexpectedly sending information out to the Internet is the reason for software becoming spyware...

Emphasizing from my original post,

>> it only does this on the (VSCode) settings file and not on other files ;)

Starting with "Lol, probably just an oversight" and ending with an emoticon is excessively dismissive and flippant... that's how you lose customers, or potential ones.

You store trade secrets in your configuration file? I still don't understand what the big issue is. Can you clarify that instead of critizising my lack of knowledge?

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