http://www.slashdot.org/story/312289 http://www.slashdot.org/story/312289 https://www.infoq.com/news/2016/06/visual-cpp-telemetry https://www.infoq.com/news/20

http://www.slashdot.org/story/312289 http://www.slashdot.org/story/312289 https://www.infoq.com/news/2016/06/visual-cpp-telemetry https://www.infoq.com/news/2016/06/visual-cpp-telemetry Appearently they backed off, due to major outcry. The usual salami tactics. Nevertheless to this day developers compile binaries with the affected compiler version - still in release builds of various up-to-date software.