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by GunlogAlm 2662 days ago
> How many people here track their users?

Right across the Internet? Very few, I imagine!

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Everyone using Google Analytics is letting a third party track their users across the Internet for the DoubleClick ad network.
> Right across the Internet? Very few, I imagine!

Mainly because they don't have the resources to do it.

I'd like to think plenty of folk here would have ethical objections, too. Perhaps that's wishful thinking.
It's easy to object to something you can't do. I'm sure there's a decent amount of people who would maintain their objections, but many others would "evolve their values" when such behavior became possible and beneficial to them.
I wouldn't do it regardless of resources, because I'm not a sociopath.