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And the most efficient would be not opting out. Analytics are actually beneficial as they drive support for the type of browser and OS used. I'd like to unders
by studius 6y ago
And the most efficient would be not opting out. Analytics are actually beneficial as they drive support for the type of browser and OS used.
I'd like to understand how opting-out of Google Analytics would spare you much from the massive big data tracking done via other JS libraries, ads, and especially mobile app use.
Go onto any large news site, ecommerce platform, realty/home search site, etc. and look at the network tab in your Web Developer view. Commerce may in good part "run" the world, but that traffic will expand as bandwidth expands; what data will they want to track next? => using cameras and audio everywhere to determine what your mood is, what you're talking about, what you say you want. Anything with a mic or camera could be doing this today, in theory, but the bandwidth isn't there to support it.
How can we avoid this?
Should we stop WiFi and just wire our homes well, then plug-in and enable cellular data only when we sit down or really need it?
It seems almost unavoidable, and that we've become too reliant on these things if privacy is the goal. And the bureaucratic EU policies on privacy seem like a simple game of chess for big data companies; we're responsible for this.
- djsumdog 6y agoI don't run any analytics on my personal site. I just use awstats and web logs.