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Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On
- DivestTrump 8y agoSurprise! It doesn't work on Chrome mobile.
- sowrabh 8y agoIs there a way to still opt out on mobile?
- ndnxhs 8y agoUse Firefox, it supports extetensions.
- k9wolf 8y agoHonestly just classic Google..
- jonas21 8y agoChrome mobile doesn't support any extensions.
- bubuanabelas 8y agoFirefox mobile does.
- beatgammit 8y agoWhich is why it's my main browser on Android. It's really nice.
- crushcrashcrush 8y agoAFAIK Google Analytics doesn’t collect PII or aggregate that data in any way... or am I wrong?
- obenn 8y agoNot necessarily, but it still does grab a huge amount of data. Internet provider, device, session time, pages navigated during session and even ways to segment users across devices, using that data for testing or ad targeting. Not to mention I was able to unintentionally identify my neighbour browsing on one of my client’s sites using those metrics.
- zavi 8y agoIt doesn't matter. Google is an American company and hence it is imperative to take it down by all means possible and promote a pure European alternative. If it means taking a hit by using an inferior product so be it.
- Nextgrid 8y agoIt definitely collects them, as in Google is receiving that information. And just because they don’t show it to you doesn’t mean it’s not used internally in some subtle, undetectable-from-the-outside way (given their bottom line is directly linked to how well they can stalk everyone online to serve them ads).
- lucideer 8y agoWhether this is true or not depends on two things: 1. Your definition of PII. PII is defined in legislation in some states/countries, whereas other terms are used elsewhere. Some definitions are very loose, whereas for example, the EU definition of a close/equivalent (simply referred to as "personal data") is extremely strict (some might say too strict). If we take the EU definition, GA definitely collects "personal data" as it is 100% required to provide dashboard data on "unique visits". 2. Even if you take a looser definition of PII, by which Google could potentially provide all GA dashboard features without collecting any PII, you are still giving Google direct access to PII, and explicitly sending them some PII in some situations. So in this case, you're relying on your trust of Google's internal company policies on not storing that data that they receive. Given their track record in compliance with the law on data collection, there is very little reason to trust them.
- ibatindev 8y agoLast Updated: October 2, 2014
- Operyl 8y agoIt really doesn't need to be updated, it's setting a simple variable that the script looks for to short circuit.
- maddyboo 8y agoDo extensions like uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger already accomplish this?
- PudgePacket 8y agoYes. This is just the officially sanctioned way.
- 0xADEADBEE 8y agoYes. And perhaps I'm cynical in my old age but if I were Google, I would prefer that people used my extension so I could more easily line-up their browsing habits.
- smallbigfish 8y agoI feel like this is related to GDPR but in my opinion it doesn't follow the spirit of the law.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoWhat about all of Google's other trackable properties like googleapis, fonts, and 1e100?
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- shard972 8y agogoogle tag manager, google DMP, doubleclick?
- endymi0n 8y ago...recaptcha, adwords, youtube embeds, the Chrome permanent login and a dozen others? Simple, they‘re being used to restore the main cookie. Stuff like this, just as the Chrome adblocker, are just a fig leave for plausible deniability. If you want reasonable protection, use Safari or Firefox with that Origin adblocker and the Multi-Container plugin against first-party tracking.
- rlv-dan 8y agoWhy not just respect the "do not track" header?
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- neotek 8y agoBecause Microsoft made the dumb decision to turn it on by default in IE10, which instantly repelled every ad network that wanted to stay in business and destroyed any chance of it gaining a foothold.
- krageon 8y agoLet's be real here - privacy by default is how it should be. It would behoove all of us to stop blaming the victims here, which are the people being gently squeezed for all the information possible. Having that header on by default was the sane and reasonable choice.
- kgwxd 8y agoOn or off by default, the header is useless. Including a tracking blocker without any "acceptable tracking" list would be sane. It would have been even more sane if iframes and third-party resources were never allowed by browsers, but that ship has sailed.
- renholder 8y ago>Including a tracking blocker without any "acceptable tracking" list would be sane. Any reason this hasn't been up to the authors of the draft[0] to address that? Comments on a forum are likely to do nil. [0] - https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayer-do-not-track-00#page-11 https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayer-do-not-track-00#page...
- Dylan16807 8y agoBlaming Microsoft is not blaming the victims.
- hiei 8y agoRunning uBlock on Firefox.
- kacamak 8y agoRemember also to use advanced mode and block other Google domains, like google fonts, youtube, ajax apis etc.
- propogandist 8y agoor you can go to uMatrix. Use decentraleyes to prevent common libraries (like Google ajax) from tracking you across sites.
- Traminer 8y agoRunning Pi-hole on a RaspberryPi. Game over.
- freeasinfreedom 8y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10408377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10408377