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  • 29-03-2009 6:29am
    #1
    Martyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭


    Anybody know much about this?
    For instance what kind of data is gathered from a remote computer?


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  • #2
    colm_c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭colm_c


    Only what any analytics package can determine:

    IP - based on this - geolocation, network etc.
    Connection speed
    Browser
    OS
    Screen resolution
    Browser's support for Flash & version of flash
    Browser's support for Java

    What are you trying to determine?

    The web development forum might be a better source of info:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=23


  • #3
    probe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭probe


    I'm unsure if you are interested in Google Analythics as a "webmaster" or as a user of the web. Google's web activity tracking is more a potential invasion of privacy issue than a security issue. Unless their databases get hacked.

    Anyone concerned about privacy (and the related security risks in the event that certain parties get their hands on your data) should :

    1) Not use Google's Chrome browser (it has a serial number)

    2) Use the Firefox browser

    3) In Firefox, privacy tab, uncheck "use third party cookies" and select "keep until... I close firefox" if you decide or are forced to accept cookies at all. Google owns doubleclick which has third party cookies planted all over the internet to track your every movement.

    4) Dont use gmail or google docs or similar - because chances are you will be revealing your identity to Google when using these services. They generally redirect to the google.com domain - which gives them first party cookie access to everything in googleland you touch.

    5) Even if you clear regular cookies, if you use your web browser to visit gmail, it will set flash cookies in your PC unless you have blocked them. (So does yahoo mail and many other sites).

    You can examine the flash cookies on a PC, and delete them if required, by going to

    http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html


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