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Re:What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first ... by swebs on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @06:44AM (#20808112)
Or just don't load any "analytics" scripts at all. Do you really need to know the aggregate mouse positions of every user on your addon page?
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Re:What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first ... by jddj on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @07:01AM (#20808213)
Definitely not, but I can see how it might be useful to know aggregates of the Firefox version and locale information for people visiting that particular page.
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Re:What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first ... by buildzr on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @07:44AM (#20808521)
Sure, but you can do that with just your web server log.
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