FYI, it seems that Visual Studio sends a lot of data about your usage back to Microsoft.<p>&quot;This includes information about how you use the products and services, such as the features you use, the web pages you visit, and the search terms you enter.&quot; (among other things such as name &amp; device identifiers <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.visualstudio.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;dn948229" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.visualstudio.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;dn948229</a>)<p>You can disable this...but it requires you to re-disable it on every product update. 
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.visualstudio.com&#x2F;Docs&#x2F;supporting&#x2F;FAQ#_how-to-disable-telemetry-reporting" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.visualstudio.com&#x2F;Docs&#x2F;supporting&#x2F;FAQ#_how-to-di...</a><p>Is this now standard practice?