Re: [RFC PATCH v1] telemetry design overview (part 1)

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 8, 2018, 22:20 UTC
Message-ID: <87fu1w53af.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <9ab3eec1-40c1-8543-e122-ed4ccfd367b4@kdbg.org>

On Fri, Jun 08 2018, Johannes Sixt wrote:

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> Am 08.06.2018 um 18:00 schrieb Thomas Braun:
>> I for my part would much rather prefer that to be a compile time
>> option so that I don't need to check on every git update on windows
>> if  this is now enabled or not.
>
> This exactly my concern, too! A compile-time option may make it a good
> deal less worrisome.

Can you elaborate on how someone who can maintain inject malicious code into your git package + config would be thwarted by this being some compile-time option, wouldn't they just compile it in?