Are there any Text Editors that are privacy friendly?

VSC is the de facto Test Editor these days, but honestly seeing as how intrusive Microsoft supposedly is, who's to say whether or not they log and collect user's vsc content and activity, maybe even feed it to ChatGPT. Not saying i'm world class coder or entrepreunerial genius at this time but in principal I don't like the idea intrusive activity toward code or business ideas.

I suppose the above concerns could be extended to otehr big names like Jet Brains. With this in mind I was thinking whether there are any recommended privacy-oritented text editros anyone could recommend?

Just use something simple like notepad or text pad or if you can stomach the learning curve Vim

That is interesting and I have never thought of that before.
If we're being real here, the chances of them collecting personal data is unlikely and even if they were, the data they could gather would be limited.
You're probably giving more personal data everyday just from browsing the internet than from a text editor.
But since VSC is open source, you could build it from the source on GitHub.

If you are still paranoid, you could always disable the program from accessing the internet, or use another open sourced code editor.

Use Notepad . No worries about privacy.

I used Notepad++ before I switched to mac.

Standard Notes?

If privacy is a significant concern, you may consider using text editors like Visual Studio Code's open-source counterpart "VSCodium" or other privacy-focused editors like Sublime Text, Atom, or Notepad++. These editors typically have fewer data collection mechanisms and can be more aligned with privacy-conscious users' preferences.