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by krono 1619 days ago
An increasing amount of extensions phone home parts of your code, many of which do not disclose it anywhere, some performing tasks so mundane you wouldn't ever have considered a remote server would be taking care of it.

Installing something like Copilot could have massive legal consequences if you're working under an NDA, with protected customer data, any proprietary code that isn't yours, etc. Something to keep in mind.