[Sanguinaire]

A bit disingenuous I think; people are concerned about security when worrying about random packages, but privacy with Microsoft.

MS have a history of being hostile to open source, but have been able to launder their image somewhat.

[siproprio]

They were 'attempting' to launder their image.

[nexuist]

Privacy and security are the same thing. When one is compromised so is the other. Any untrusted code that runs on your machine has the implicit capability of exfiltrating information that would rip apart your privacy.