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0 pointseps15y ago0 comments

Not considering the specifics of DDG billboard and the Referer angle, does it not bother you to the slightes that Google does in fact track you all over the Internet?

One is basically checking in with Google everytime he visits any site that uses Analytics, embeds a YouTube video or a font from a Font Directory, or a Google-hosted Javascript snippet. Not to mention GMail. Don't know about other people but this bothers the hell out of me. So while I don't think DDG should've focused on the Referer issue, they got the core issue absoluely right. Google does in fact track everyone.

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coderdude15y ago· 2 in thread

So is Facebook with their like button, AddThis with their widgets and probably dozens or even hundreds of other services people use. At this point no, I'm not worried about it.

jasonlotito15y ago

Your not being fair in answering the question. Your answering the specific question and ignoring the intent.

You say your not worried because other people track you as well. Do you mean if other people didn't track you, it wouldn't be okay?

coderdude15y ago

To be perfectly clear: I am not worried because tracking is a part of life on the Web. This isn't going to change. This isn't specific to Google. I do not care about it and I'm not worried about it.

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