So what program would I as a consumer use to rid my computer of google analytics or scripts codes that are sending site owners private usage information? I have spyware and I do delete cookies when I go to gov sites & periodically delete all cookies.
You were asking someone else — So what program would I as a consumer use to rid my computer of google analytics or scripts codes that are sending site owners private usage information? I have spyware and I do delete cookies when I go to gov sites & periodically delete all cookies.
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Well, you could start with not running javascript or java on your computer (browser). But, if you didn’t want to do that, you could watch your connections being made on websites and block the ones to Google Analytics (like the one here on Free Republic, for example). You can modify your hosts file on your computer and “deep-six” any connection to Google Analytics. And deep-six any other connection that you see that you don’t like, too. You can get lists for putting them into your hosts file and getting rid of all accesses to ad sites, too (along with the accompanying “tracking” that goes along with them).
I use a little program that makes it easier for me to modify my hosts file and I can add in new domain names for anyone I want to block from being accessed.
So, the bottom line, use your hosts file and deep-six all the thousands of sites that track and display ads, block all cookies, get rid of java and javascript, get rid of flash, block all graphics and put the security on your browser to the highest possible, get something like “Anonymizer.com” and use an anonymous proxy server... and that should do it... :-)
But, by then, you won’t even recognize anything as a “webpage” anymore, on your web browser.... LOL...