The problem with Google Analytics is that it gives Google _all_ your weblogs. Not just your page hits but also your site _viewer's_: IP address, browser type,

The problem with Google Analytics is that it gives Google _all_ your weblogs. Not just your page hits but also your site _viewer's_: IP address, browser type, OS type, screen resolution, browser window size, as well as any lingering js or cookie info from their prior browsing. Google uses this data to correlate everything they can track about you, which would blow your mind if you knew what they know, then they sell this data for a substantial profit. EPIC, the EFF, and the ACLU website's go into detail about why this is decidedly not a good thing. What I find fascinating, however, are those who ask why is that such a bad thing without, supposedly, considering the ramifications. If they ever were confronted with all that Google knows about them, from browsing to email to online purchases (not to mention their HN alias, and a fair amount of offline info too) they'd be too embarrassed to ever again "wonder" what the problem was. At some point the scope of Google's privacy invasion will become better known and people will think twice before even considering spyware like Google Analytics. Until then it's Google's ballgame, at least here in the US.