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Re:Replace Google Analytics with a shell script by literallyWTF on Sunday April 18, 2021 @02:30AM (#26850292)
Whenever I read these hyperbolic statements on Hackernews I always end up rolling my eyes.

Really? It’s spying now?

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Re:Replace Google Analytics with a shell script by hervature on Sunday April 18, 2021 @03:39AM (#26850580)
Don’t we call classified (not public) foreign analytics spying?
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Re:Replace Google Analytics with a shell script by pjc50 on Sunday April 18, 2021 @07:33AM (#26851594)
Analytics of what? Analytics of your own stuff is not spying.

Entertainingly https://cpcchina.chinadaily.com.cn/ uses Google Analytics, while http://english.www.gov.cn/ (yes, no https) uses Alexa metrics. You can't even access the Chinese Communist party website without being "spied on" by US-based metrics companies. I don't think this proves anything but it's amusing to contemplate.

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