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From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-03-29 00:38:21
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.
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