VSCode sends search keystrokes to Microsoft even with telemetry disabled

[taoeffect]

• VSCode Version: Insider build on May 3, 2018
• OS Version: macOS

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Download latest insider build
2. Run
3. Disable telemetry settings and restart VSCode
4. Open a file (or in my case, the settings), and do Command+F to search, and search for something

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: didn't try

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VSCode will attempt to connect to Bing as you search:

[dd86k]

If this can't even be disabled as an internal extension, which I doubt it is, then it's a major issue. No surprise by the confusion made at the the beginning of the VS Code product (not project) regarding licensing (which you mentioned in your toot).

VS Code is my Tool of the Trade, but unfortunately if I have to fork and let aside my current projets, I won't get any happier.

[dd86k]

If this can't even be disabled as an internal extension, which I doubt it is, then it's a major issue. No surprise by the confusion made at the the beginning of the VS Code product (not project) regarding licensing (which you mentioned in your toot).

VS Code is my Tool of the Trade, but unfortunately if I have to fork and let aside my current projets, I won't get any happier.

[DickvdBrink]

Lol, probably just an oversight because they made the search a lot better
(https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2018/04/25/bing-settings-search).

So I think it only does this on the settings file and not on other files ;)

[DickvdBrink]

Lol, probably just an oversight because they made the search a lot better
(https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2018/04/25/bing-settings-search).

So I think it only does this on the settings file and not on other files ;)

[darshanrampatel]

Duplicate of #44294

[darshanrampatel]

Duplicate of #44294

[roblourens]

Yes, it can be disabled with "workbench.settings.enableNaturalLanguageSearch": false

[roblourens]

Yes, it can be disabled with "workbench.settings.enableNaturalLanguageSearch": false

[marmistrz]

This should definitely be an opt-in!

[marmistrz]

This should definitely be an opt-in!

[levrik]

@roblourens I agree with @marmistrz. Maybe show an notification the first time a user opens the settings page to ask if they want to activate this. It should make clear that with that enabled data is sent to Microsoft servers.

[levrik]

@roblourens I agree with @marmistrz. Maybe show an notification the first time a user opens the settings page to ask if they want to activate this. It should make clear that with that enabled data is sent to Microsoft servers.