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Q: Why is this a bad thing?
A: By having this repo, every time a Raspbian machine is updated it will ping a Microsoft server. Microsoft will know you're using Raspbian/likely Raspberry Pi owner and your IP address. Many people try to reduce footprint as much as possible, so these are three additional datapoints Microsoft can use to build a profile about you. If you're logged into a Microsoft service, or even use Bing, they can "identify" you as a Raspbian/likely Raspberry Pi owner and influence ads, among other possibilities. Arguably (but small) this could be considered an ad itself for VSCode. Ironically, a popular ad blocker called [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) encourages Raspberry Pi use.
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If you are not OK with this, here are some suggestions summarized from thread below. If you don't see this as a problem, then there's no action to take.
Best suggestion: Stop using Raspbian, since the foundation has added a repository of Microsoft without warning. Let them know this isn't OK while you're at it in a nice and non-aggressive way.
Some alternative images, not a complete list:
* https://raspi.debian.net/
* Vanilla Debian via this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/lbu0t1/microsoft_repo_installed_on_all_raspberry_pis/glwrsgf/
* https://archlinuxarm.org/
*https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM/Raspberry_Pi
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Other steps to take if you stick with Raspbian:
* Take action to stop the apt file from being modified in the future. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list and comment out all lines (adding a #). The next safest way, most likely, is to edit your /etc/hosts file or local adblocking (pi-hole or router based) and set 127.0.0.1 packages.microsoft.com or 0.0.0.0 packages.microsoft.com. Holding the package back may work as well by marking it to hold apt-mark hold raspberrypi-sys-mods
* Consider installing [apt-listchanges](https://packages.debian.org/stable/apt-listchanges) to help show any apt sources being changed.
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Other steps to take if you like VSCode: VSCode has telemetry, use a version of it without: https://vscodium.com/
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Thanks to /u/bananasfk, /u/bem13, /u/fuegotown, /u/draeaththe, users in thread about Debian installation, and OP /u/fortysix_n_2 for the PSA, among other commenters.
A: By having this repo, every time a Raspbian machine is updated it will ping a Microsoft server. Microsoft will know you're using Raspbian/likely Raspberry Pi owner and your IP address. Many people try to reduce footprint as much as possible, so these are three additional datapoints Microsoft can use to build a profile about you. If you're logged into a Microsoft service, or even use Bing, they can "identify" you as a Raspbian/likely Raspberry Pi owner and influence ads, among other possibilities. Arguably (but small) this could be considered an ad itself for VSCode. Ironically, a popular ad blocker called [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) encourages Raspberry Pi use.
========
If you are not OK with this, here are some suggestions summarized from thread below. If you don't see this as a problem, then there's no action to take.
Best suggestion: Stop using Raspbian, since the foundation has added a repository of Microsoft without warning. Let them know this isn't OK while you're at it in a nice and non-aggressive way.
Some alternative images, not a complete list:
* https://raspi.debian.net/
* Vanilla Debian via this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/lbu0t1/microsoft_repo_installed_on_all_raspberry_pis/glwrsgf/
* https://archlinuxarm.org/
*https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM/Raspberry_Pi
========
Other steps to take if you stick with Raspbian:
* Take action to stop the apt file from being modified in the future. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list and comment out all lines (adding a #). The next safest way, most likely, is to edit your /etc/hosts file or local adblocking (pi-hole or router based) and set 127.0.0.1 packages.microsoft.com or 0.0.0.0 packages.microsoft.com. Holding the package back may work as well by marking it to hold apt-mark hold raspberrypi-sys-mods
* Consider installing [apt-listchanges](https://packages.debian.org/stable/apt-listchanges) to help show any apt sources being changed.
========
Other steps to take if you like VSCode: VSCode has telemetry, use a version of it without: https://vscodium.com/
========
Thanks to /u/bananasfk, /u/bem13, /u/fuegotown, /u/draeaththe, users in thread about Debian installation, and OP /u/fortysix_n_2 for the PSA, among other commenters.