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by EE84M3i 141 days ago
Doesn't it ask you if you trust a folder when you open it?
4 comments
dfajgljsldkjag 141 days ago
You are right that the computer asks you. But people click yes because they are used to ignoring warning signs. The software relies on people making perfect choices every time and that never happens.
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whs 141 days ago
It should tell me what should I look before I trust it. Not trusting the workspace means I might as well use Notepad to open it. I wouldn't think that tasks.json include autorun tasks in addition to build actions.
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esseph 141 days ago
Who remembers autorun.exe
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nottorp 141 days ago
I always wondered why. Now I finally know that it auto runs code in that folder.

Who thought this is a good idea and why wasn't it specified in ALL CAPS in that dialog?

Is it even documented anywhere?

Very infrequent vscode user here, beginning to think it's some kind of Eclipse.

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Levitz 141 days ago
I mean it's not in caps, but it's literally the first line in the dialog after the header:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editing/workspaces/worksp...

I'm big on user first, if that dialog had sirens blaring, a gif and ten arrows pointing that "THIS MAY EXECUTE CODE" and people still didn't get the idea, I'd say it needs fixing. It can't be said that they didn't try or that they hid it though.

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weberer 141 days ago
>"THIS MAY EXECUTE CODE"

So at the end of the day its still unclear whether it executes code or not? Just say "this WILL execute code" and specify exactly which code it tries to execute by default.

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nottorp 141 days ago
I don't know about you people, but I always read this as "it may execute code if you run a build step".

Not "I will execute autorun.inf like an idiot."

And NO. I do not want my IDE to execute code when i open files for editing. I want it to execute code only as part of an explicit step that I initiate.

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IshKebab 141 days ago
Yeah but it's one of those useless permission requests along the lines of "Do you want this program to work or not?"

They're pawning off responsibility without giving people a real choice.

It's like the old permission dialog for Android that was pretty much "do you want to use this app?". Obviously most people just say yes.

There's a reason Google changed that.

To be fair I'm sure Microsoft would switch to a saner permission model if they could but it's kind of too late.

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azornathogron 141 days ago
It's not a false choice - "Trust" and "don't trust" are both perfectly viable options. The editor works fine in restricted mode, you just won't have all your extensions enabled.
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