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		worble 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Code highlighting extension for Cursor AI used for... And yet, this entire class of abuse is only possible because Microsoft refuse to implement any kind of permission management or sandboxing for extensions. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116

rs186 6 months ago [–]

Second this.

As a vscode extension author, I am scared by the power I have. I am not at all surprised by what happened in this story.

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