boot chart hidden upload ?!

[NoOp]

On 10/08/2007 03:16 AM, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando wrote:
> Hi there. I've installed bootchart, and I have to say its nice to see
> where our computer uses it time, while booting. Nevertheless, while
> looking at the code of /etc/init.d/stop-bootchart, I saw this piece
> of code:
> 
> upload_chart() { for item in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do case $item in 
> bootchart=*) boottype=$(echo "$item" | awk -F, '{print $2}') ;; esac 
> done wget -O /dev/null -q --post-file $CHARTS/$base-$count.png
> http://bootchart.err.no/upload/$(lsb_release -si)/$(lsb_release
> -sc)/$(uname -r)/$(uname -m)/$boottype }
> 
> Does this mean, that this apps, tries to upload our private results
> to a server without our knowledge?
> 


You might want to ask the author:
http://www.bootchart.org/index.html
[ziga mahkovec at gmail com]

BTW: point your browser to http://bootchart.err.no/ looks like it is/was
a data collection database.