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VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas
macOS has a formal sandboxing language; I first learned about it via iTerm2's build process: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/blob/v3.5.12beta2/deps.... consumed by /usr/bin/sandbox-exec https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/blob/v3.5.12beta2/Makef...
I haven't tried to use it in anger, but I believe this is the likely starting point https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/configuring-...
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iTerm2 Critical Security Fix
Many years ago, I reported an issue where iTerm2 leaks sensitive search history to preference files [1]. The issue was quickly fixed. But until this day, I can still find people unintentionally leak their search history in public dotfiles repos [2].
[1]: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/8491
[2]: https://github.com/search?q=NoSyncSearchHistory+path%3A*.pli...
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iTerm2 v3.5.1 moves AI features into external plugin
The correct response to false allegations followed by insults and threats is anything but to admit it. The software in question is a popular free and open source software that has more than a decade of trust. It's maintained by a single developer in his spare time. It's a feature that fundamentally requires the user to actively engage with in order to use it [1], with no nagging or coercion whatsoever. In fact, the only people reminding us of its existence are the Mastodon mobs, not iTerm.
The feature wasn't added out of pure hype either. It was likely inspired by user feedback [2], and the dev ultimately added it because it was useful for him personally [3].
Despite all of this, people are raging about unprovable nefarious motives and making claims about spyware, as if it's Windows. Some are even openly fantasizing about physical violence.
This kind of behavior should be condemned, not praised.
[1]: https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/blob/a3122c0100d8900a15cb...
[2]: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/6955
[3]: https://techhub.social/@gnachman/109542492387391561
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iTerm 3.5.1 lets you opt out of OpenAI integration
> iTerm 3.5.1 removes automatic OpenAI integration, requires opt-in
This is an editorialized title. It was opt-in from the very beginning. Here's all the steps that was originally required:
1. Open settings, go to the General tab, click on the AI button.
2. Enter a paid API key
3. Close the settings
4. Click "Toolbelt" on the menu bar, and click on "Codecierge"
5. Click "Toolbelt" on the menu bar again, and click "Show toolbelt"
6. In the toolbelt, there's a textbox that you can type questions into. The textbox won't be shown if you didn't enter an API key. Only after submitting the question will the OpenAI integration be activated.
https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/blob/a3122c0100d8900a15cb...
The initial implementation already took many many clicks to run. I literally had to do nothing to not use the feature and not once was I reminded about the feature after I chose to ignore it.
Despite that, people were spreading rumors that entering an invalid API key would instantly cause iTerm to send all data to OpenAI. It's a straight up lie started by people who actually tested the feature and posted their findings the GitLab thread about this feature.
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/11475
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/11470
People in the GitLab thread were calling for dogpiles and fantasizing about inflicting violence on Mastodon. Towards the sole maintainer of a popular free and open source software developed in his spare time.
https://archive.is/https://tau-ceti.space/@ics/*
Some of the things you see online... I have no words.
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iTerm2 removes AI feature from core, creates separate plugin
I'd suggest everyone go read the issue thread (https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/11470) before commenting.
It seems abundantly clear that people are being overly negative about a feature that realistically has no security concerns (even as originally developed). Many commenters did not even know how the feature worked (assumed all keystrokes were being sent by default, etc...)
One outright said that the feature should be removed because the developer must "stand against OpenAI and the whole "AI" industry."
To me this just seems like a lot of people whining and trying to inject politics and unfounded safety concerns into a good implementation of something that many people like. This is an opt-in feature. It has a separate panel to even interact with it. And you need to provide a valid openai API key to use it.
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iTerm2 and the Gap Between Developers and Users
Hello! I have not been blogging for a while, but I have been watching this issue blow up for a few days, and I wanted to put down some thoughts.
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Abusing url handling in iTerm2 and Hyper for code execution
[0] https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/issues/10994 the discussion in there makes it seem like it's okay because many schemes that aren't http[s] cause the browser to open a dialog box
Features of iTerm2 I use:
- fullscreen without using MacOS's spaces implementation of fullscreen - iTerm2 feature request: disable all AI-related features
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iTerm2 and AI Hype Overload
No, that's not how the plugin works. It sends context to ChatGPT telling it to return a single command that is copy/pasteable. The plugin does no filtering of the results. You can literally read the code for yourself:
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/blob/master/sources/iTe...
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