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arianvanp 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: 1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug

Zed downloads random binaries on startup without any permissions prompts. No thanks.

ffemac 3 months ago [–]

I looked into Zed because popular harness (OpenCode/KiloCode) just random downloads npm packages in the background and didn't tell you. But then I found out reports of Zed doing the same. Why we can't have nice things?

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