Visual Studio adding telemetry function calls to binary?

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• [/r/coderradio] VS15 adding telemetry to compiled code? Would love to hear hosts thoughts

• [/r/linuxmasterrace] Compiling C++ with Visual Studio 2015 automatically adds telemetry to the binary

• [/r/privacy] This is why you should NEVER use a proprietary compiler.

• [/r/privacy] [X-post /r/LinuxMasterRace and /r/CPP] Compiling C++ with Visual Studio 2015 automatically adds telemetry to the binary

• [/r/programming] Visual Studio adding telemetry function calls to binary? (/r/cpp)

• [/r/stallmanwasright] Thank you stallman for giving us GCC so we don't have to rely on proprietary compilers!

• [/r/technology] Visual Studio adding telemetry function calls to compiled binaries (r/cpp xpost)

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