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Ask HN: Is My Google Analytics Tracking Code Private?
Is there anyway a novice or expert could figure out who I am based on my Google Analytics tracking code?
I've searched around and delved into the GA documentation, but haven't found anything that references the tracking codes privacy.
- ianhowlett 15y agoHi. If I can see your GA tracking code on a website, and I then go and check WHOIS and see who owns the site with that GA tracking code, there's a chance that if I see that GA tracking code somewhere else I could figure out that it's you. But I guess I'd really have to be looking, almost stalking you!
- adamclerk 15y agoThe tracking code will usually be in the source of the page you've used it on. var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker('UA-XXXXXXX-Y') It's not going to be very private.
- jnorthrop 15y agoI don't understand the question. A tracking code is definitively linked to a particular website. It is not linked to a person. Am I missing something?
- mattgratt 15y agoYes. People use Blekko on GA and AdSense code to find who owns networks of sites. The solution is to use a different throw-away account for each site.