Nov. 27th, 2013

pseudomonas: Little Red Dragon with an abacus (geeky)
Poll #14622 Google Analytics
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 26

So, Google Analytics and other similar web-bug technology:

I don't care who knows that I've visited any web page
6 (25.0%)

I don't want everyone to know, but I don't mind Google or Quantcast or Facebook or whoever knowing which pages I've visited when (because I trust them to deal appropriately with the data)
3 (12.5%)

I don't like Google or Quantcast or Facebook or whoever knowing which pages I visit when
15 (62.5%)

Furthermore:

I take steps to try and block at least some web trackers
12 (46.2%)

I don't try and block web trackers, because, as I just said, I don't mind the people operating the trackers knowing which pages I've been viewing
4 (15.4%)

I don't try and block web trackers, because I don't think any of the options are effective enough
3 (11.5%)

I don't try and block web trackers, because I'm mainly worried about my government tracking my activity (e.g. via my ISP)
1 (3.8%)

I don't try and block web trackers, because I don't trust the software that purports to do so / don't use closed-source software
1 (3.8%)

I don't try and block web trackers, because my OS/browser won't support the relevant technology.
0 (0.0%)

I don't try and block web trackers because I wasn't aware of them / wasn't aware of software that blocks them / haven't got round to it
3 (11.5%)

I think that I'm mainly safe from such trackers (e.g. because I only use text-mode browsing)
0 (0.0%)

Something else, which I will explain in comments
2 (7.7%)

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