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how could they do this? practically, let alone legally?
best sign out and just browse, and also clear cookies/history regularly!Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)0 -
In firefox, go to tools, options, privacy and click the "I don't want to be tracked" box if not already done.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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peter_the_piper wrote: »In firefox, go to tools, options, privacy and click the "I don't want to be tracked" box if not already done.
Is there something similar for chrome?"Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.0 -
You'll find most sites actually use google analytics in order to monitor traffic within their own site. This isn't to sell information, it's to check using the reports for things like broken links, page hits (eg useful to see which guides are useful by number of hits and time spent on them).
Not sure why they have to use google analytics to do this. I get that data from my web server stats. Also, some people use browsers that can disable these types of logger so the data will be missing from google (etc).0 -
any similar option on Google chrome?Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
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there is no such thing as anonymity on the internet - so forget that!
would be interesting to see where this goes though.Oh, you wee bazza!0 -
Google Analytics and ChartBeat are exactly the same so I'm not sure why MSE have both trackers installed.Estate Agent, Web Designer & All Round Geek!0
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I use Ad-muncher, only on netbook though. Its excellent!
http://www.admuncher.com/
Using my desktop at the mo though.
Oh well...
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I suggest firefox users install the collusion add on
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/collusion-firefox-add-paints-picture-web-tracking-070811
I also have 'do not track' ticked and no 3rd party cookies. Not showing anything from MSE.
But I have google analytics blocked anyway.0
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