> you already have permission to do all the other things
Of course. The problem is that a 3rd party agent can now use your permission to do what it wants, and you will be none the wiser.
Of course. The problem is that a 3rd party agent can now use your permission to do what it wants, and you will be none the wiser.
The train of logic has run way off the rail in this thread.
I'm using VSCodium myself anyway, but I'm also installing it from binaries (precompiled packages), as is the case with most opensource software I use.
So yeah, if you don't trust the remote machine then I agree - you probably shouldn't use it. But I don't really think that's the use-case they had in mind.