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From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-03-29 01:56:00
On 3/28/24 5:38 PM, Andrey Semashev via Boost wrote:
> On 3/28/24 23:42, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM Robert Ramey via Boost <
>> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>>> Actually, I was thinking more of existing libraries.
>>>
>>
>> Not to worry. Technicians at The C++ Alliance are working on a mostly
>> portable solution which uses the compiler's pragma message facility to
>> embed a small piece of HTML containing a tracking cookie:
>>
>> #pramga message( "<html><script>gtag('config', 'GA_TRACKING_ID', {
>> 'anonymize_ip': true });</script><body></body></html>" )
>>
>> Every time your library is compiled, the C++ Alliance cloud services will
>> be contacted to collect non personally-identifiable information about what
>> is being compiled, the versions of Boost C++ being used, and the quality of
>> your implementation. Currently this capability only works when the program
>> in question is built using an IDE such as Visual Studio or XCode but we are
>> investigating patches to bjam to enable Internet communication during
>> compilation.
>
> This would be a massive privacy breach, if it works. If this ever comes
> to reality, please announce it on this list so that I never use those
> libraries.
+1 I can't imagine anyone willing to use a library which did that
Robert Ramey
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