Disabling telemetry in ByteDance's VSCode fork increases data sent to its server
9 months ago
- #telemetry
- #privacy
- #performance
- Trae IDE, ByteDance's fork of Visual Studio Code, exhibits excessive resource consumption with 33 processes vs. 9 in VSCode.
- Persistent telemetry transmission occurs despite user settings being disabled, sending data to ByteDance servers.
- Community management practices include censorship, with keywords like 'track' triggering automatic mutes.
- Telemetry captures detailed system info, usage patterns, performance metrics, and unique identifiers.
- Resource usage is 6x higher than VSCode, and telemetry settings appear non-functional.
- Data collection lacks transparency, with information routed to ByteDance infrastructure.