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Google Analytics does not collect any information that could identify the user.
by zagrebian 4y ago
Google Analytics does not collect any information that could identify the user.
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- autoexec 4y agoYour IP address and a timestamp are enough to give google a pretty good idea who you are in many cases. If you log into any one of their services or use one of their products using that same IP address it's a pretty strong indicator. It takes surprisingly little "non-identifiable information" to figure out someone's identify. (for example: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10933-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10933-3) I'm pretty sure google has enough data to put 1 and 1 together the vast majority of the time.
- zagrebian 4y agoThat’s another big claim. If Google did this covertly, and it was found out, Google’s reputation would be in the toilet. That’s why I think they don’t do it.
- autoexec 4y agoI don't think companies care about their reputation at all. Fear for their reputation didn't stop DuPont from knowingly poisoning people. It didn't stop Gerber from selling baby food loaded with dangerous levels of lead and other heavy metals. Wasn't google caught illegally collecting hundreds of gigabytes of data from wifi networks already? They don't care. EDIT: Yep https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/ https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/ Also https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-leads-bipartisan-coalition-suing-google https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-leads-bipartisan-coalit... If you're counting on fear of possible embarrassment or bad press to keep companies honest you're in for a bad time. Legal or not, if something will make a company money, they will do that thing.