Is fancy code completion really worth it ?

Of credible AI horror stories I think this is about as bad as it gets !

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/researchers-uncover-critical-ai-ide-flaws-exposing-developers-to-data-theft-and-rce

I'm sticking with the "legacy" Keil IDE for C coding on ARM - it may be a little slower but at least I'm fairly sure that nothing gets into my code that I didn't put there !

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balajivan1995 5 days ago in reply to cstanton +3

cstanton said: Remote code execution and data theft, my favourite combination! Technically, you don't even need AI for that. Installing extensions from VS code marketplace is enough. Threat Actors Keep…
cstanton 5 days ago +1

Remote code execution and data theft, my favourite combination! Isn't this effectively why people are warned to avoid 'ai powered browsers' too? It appears difficult to do appropriate safeguards on these…
BigG 5 days ago +1

Blind trust generally equates to disaster. As told here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1pgxckk/claude_cli_deleted_my_entire_home_directory_wiped/

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cstanton 5 days ago

Remote code execution and data theft, my favourite combination!

Isn't this effectively why people are warned to avoid 'ai powered browsers' too? It appears difficult to do appropriate safeguards on these tools.
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balajivan1995 5 days ago in reply to cstanton

cstanton said:
Remote code execution and data theft, my favourite combination!

Technically, you don't even need AI for that. Installing extensions from VS code marketplace is enough.
Threat Actors Keep Weaponizing VS Code Extensions -- Visual Studio Magazine
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balajivan1995 5 days ago in reply to cstanton

cstanton said:
Remote code execution and data theft, my favourite combination!

Technically, you don't even need AI for that. Installing extensions from VS code marketplace is enough.
Threat Actors Keep Weaponizing VS Code Extensions -- Visual Studio Magazine
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