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The problem with Google is you get tracked even if you don't use any of their services. Almost every single web page has one of Google Adsense, Analytics, Maps,
by freebird_uk 15y ago
The problem with Google is you get tracked even if you don't use any of their services. Almost every single web page has one of Google Adsense, Analytics, Maps, ... all of which can build up a profile about you. To a degree this same effect is happening with FB as more and more sites add like buttons, though they remain less common than Google's array of libraries.
- bru 15y agoDoes Google have a look at Google Analytics? I thought it was only for the webmasters who set it up and that Google did not touch it. It is nearly their only service that I haven't blocked (with the libraries available on their CDN).
- freebird_uk 15y agoThe issue is they have the potential to do it. Once the potential is there and you have people motivated by performance targets, stock price, etc it's very difficult to permanently resist the temptation.
- justincormack 15y agoIf you are really paranoid you could mirror their cdn libraries and rewrite the urls, as they could be used as fairly poor info too...
- fauigerzigerk 15y agoHere's what Google says about analytics: Website owners that use Google Analytics have control over what data they allow Google to use. They can decide if they want Google to use this data or not by using the Google Analytics Data Sharing Options. When these options allow, the data is used to improve Google products and services. Website owners can change these options at anytime. http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html* http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html... Since I have no control over it, I block Google analytics.
- conradfr 15y agoYour link has this : http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
- fauigerzigerk 15y agoAm I supposed to install an opt-out plugin for every single tracking service in the world? There are hundereds of those, and asking each of them to voluntarily stop tracking me makes no sense.
- slavak 15y agohttp://www.ghostery.com/ http://www.ghostery.com/ It's a serious problem, though in this instance it's hardly Google's fault. I doubt Ghostery turns me into an internet specter, but at least I know I'm not pinging Facebook's, Google's, and God-knows-who-else's beacons whenever I open a web-page.