Yup...Google is everywhere...Tracking everything. Google analytics(java script) is even running right here on FR.
Google analytics is benign and something the website owners set up to gather statistics on its users...completely legit
uBlock Origin 1.15.18
requests blocked
on this page
1 or 25%
since install
162,175 or 12%
domains connected
1 out of 2
all
freerepublic.com
google-analytics.com
They don’t need the urchin tracker javascript anymore. If that is what you were mentioning. Those of us that had Analytics were told the urchin tracker was outdated.
I no longer have Analytics but am going back and deleting the urchin tracker javascript when I have time.
NoScripts...