[throwaways885]

There are people here who believe Google Analytics is the absolute devil, the reality is much more benign.

OP saying that "I am not a data cow" is just missing the point. GA is logging when you visit the website, some interactions like clicking a link, and generally not much more than that. It is not indexing your hard drive or downloading your photos.

[vinceguidry]

Go somewhere in person and there's probably orders of magnitude more data being collected on your activities.