boot chart hidden upload ?!

[(=?utf-8?q?=60=60-=5F-=C2=B4=C2=B4?=) -- Fernando]

On Monday 08 October 2007 19:23:37 sktsee wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 11:16 +0100, (=?utf-8?q?=60=60-=5F-=C2=B4=C2=B4?=)
> -- 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?
> > 
> 
> No. It only uploads your data if you specify bootchart=upload on the commandline (in grub)

Wha makes you so sure?

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