[msoad]

Can someone please do some security research on this to see what it sends when it calls home?

I'm terrified to install a binary like that

[mixmastamyk]

These things will never be completely safe, from version to version, to new management. As Darth Vader one said, "I am altering the deal."

[throwup238]

Pray I do not AIter it any further.

[CitrusFruits]

If you want the same thing but not as sketchy you can check out Cursor. You pay them, so it's a little more transparent what they're getting out of it.

[guappa]

VScode phones home… what's the difference?

Use something like emacs/vim/kate/eclipse/qtcreator if you want to avoid "phone home" software.

[rubslopes]

If an American company does something bad with my data, it's possible -- not guaranteed, but possible -- that it will be punished.

If a Chinese company does the same, at most someone in China will shrug.

[blackoil]

Unless you are using self hosted llm, you can assume all the code is being sent to the server. This is true for all similar services.