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It'd be really easy to circumvent. Proxying Google Analytics through your own origin would become standard practice.

• tinus_hn 7y ago
  Then it wouldn’t be able to be used to track you across the web.
  • cameronbrown 7y ago
    Until all your data ends up being re-associated with you in some way across multiple websites. Nothing stopping these sites from sharing data if it ends up mutually beneficial.
    • yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
      Intentionally sharing data that identifies users would hit GDPR pretty quickly, no?
      • cameronbrown 7y ago
        Yep, but it's completely invisible to users so that could be tough to prove without a data breach. And there's massive profit motive to get away with this. Right now Google still keeps these websites in check with regards to Analytics/Ads data usage, remove the middleman and things are going to get much worse. GDPR only safeguards your data from the honest. What we need is a technological solution.
• joes223 7y ago
  It wouldn't because that's a drastically more complex solution.
  • gberger 7y ago
    If you already have a web server serving your content, setting up a proxy to GA is trivial.
    • joes223 7y ago
      Let's put it another way: 95% of webdevs can drop a code snippet with GA on their page, while only hm.. 5% can set up that GA proxy.