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.

[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

[roblourens]

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

[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.

[roblourens]

We've tried to address this and other similar issues by making it easier to find settings that control features that involve online features. You can use the ... menu in the settings UI to find the "Show settings for online services" menu, which will filter the settings list to just those settings.

There was some discussion of this here #54354

[sneq0]

Awful, removing it asap. I don't want someone to spy on me in IDE.

[roblourens]

To reiterate,

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

[marmistrz]

How about adding some notification, banner, etc. that such settings exist, and unless changed, data may be sent to Microsoft servers?

That's exactly what Mozilla Firefox does, see its first-run behavior for clarification