so it turns out that when VS Code asks you “do you trust the authors of this folder?” what they mean is that it’ll auto-execute .vscode/tasks.json if it exists, which can include shell commands.
maybe that’s too many features. you can’t hold all these features. put a few features back
apparently malware gangs have exploited this by offering software engineers “interviews” with a “take-home assignment” so keep that in mind the next time VS Code annoys you with the “do you trust this folder” popup
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