6.6
AWS Toolkit
💻 VS Code Extensionamazonwebservices
Including CodeCatalyst, Infrastructure Composer, and support for Lambda, S3, CloudWatch Logs, CloudFormation, and many other services.
4,582,699 usersRating: 2.4657533168792725/5v4.6.1Updated 2026-05-27T15:06:37.913Z
Medium Risk6.6/10
Scanned June 1, 2026
·Risk Flags
No privacy policy found despite requesting multiple permissions
6.0
Permissions
6.0
Developer
10.0
Data Privacy
2.0
Policy Match
Permissions (5)
Activates on VS Code startup
activation:onStartupFinished
Activates on custom URI scheme
activation:onUri
Activates on file system access
activation:onFileSystem:s3
Activates on file system access
activation:onFileSystem:s3-readonly
Registers 224 commands — large surface area
commands:extensive
Developer
Nameamazonwebservices
Verified PublisherYes
Known EntityNot recognized
Data Flows
No external data transmission detected
This tool does not appear to send data to external servers.
Privacy Policy Analysis
Policy Status
No policy found
Policy matches observed behavior
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