Scratch

BirdByte wrote:

1FreeHosting adds it automatically.

Do they?
I havent seen it unless you mean they add in their website builder?
Yes i do use it for my top secret project website

I must agree with you scimonster
Its actually scary how much info there is
and they have acsess to the entire web dont they?
So they could type in your name and find out everything about you (now thats even scarier)

jukyter wrote:

Okay, not going on your website now.

Lol, I have no intention of cyberstalking people I don't know. Also, approximately 50% of the most popular web sites use it.

Scratch uses it

16Skittles wrote:

Who else uses it in their site? I just added it yesterday. So far I have two visitors, and one of them was myself. -.-
Google Analytics gives you a "tracking code" that you put in your web site's HTML. From there it reports a large array of information, to the point that it is almost creepy. For the one visitor that I got, (link is in my signature    [/shameless self promotion]) I know that they live in the state of [censored for their privacy], use the ISP [censored], exactly what computer they have, (it doesn't directly give that information, but unless they have a desktop with that monitor resolution, there is only one computer with that resolution and OS), what language they speak, and what browser they use. o_o

Aside from this scary amount of information, there are some normal uses for it, like targeting specific platforms (particularly mobile), seeing how much traffic (like a hit counter), and what they actually do on the site. Do you use Google Analytics?

yeah, i think that other person may have been me 
Though you could fake what browser you have, as many popular browsers have a user agent switcher  (I have one on my browser)

Last edited by SJRCS_011 (2012-08-06 16:57:36)

(@ first post)
are you saying that google can see all my information?

16Skittles wrote:

SJRCS_011 wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

Who else uses it in their site? I just added it yesterday. So far I have two visitors, and one of them was myself. -.-
Google Analytics gives you a "tracking code" that you put in your web site's HTML. From there it reports a large array of information, to the point that it is almost creepy. For the one visitor that I got, (link is in my signature    [/shameless self promotion]) I know that they live in the state of [censored for their privacy], use the ISP [censored], exactly what computer they have, (it doesn't directly give that information, but unless they have a desktop with that monitor resolution, there is only one computer with that resolution and OS), what language they speak, and what browser they use. o_o

Aside from this scary amount of information, there are some normal uses for it, like targeting specific platforms (particularly mobile), seeing how much traffic (like a hit counter), and what they actually do on the site. Do you use Google Analytics?

yeah, i think that other person may have been me 
Though you could fake what browser you have, as many popular browsers have a user agent switcher  (I have one on my browser)

If you are on Chrome with a 13" MacBook Pro and live in the northwestern US, then yes    (trying to be as vague as possible, the are probably a ton of hipsters with 13" MacBook Pros in that area because of Seattle)

hmm, guess it wasn't me

jukyter wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

Really if you think anything is private on the Internet, you are lying to yourself. Every web site collects information, it's just a question of wether the webmaster uses it for good or evil. If it really concerns you, I recommend using a proxy or TOR to anonymize your traffic.

It was a joke. I've visited your site anyway. It seemed a bit sparse.

It's still in development    Mostly I've been working on it when I get really mad at my C++ project's errors.

Yep. It's official.

Google is the biggest stalker on the internet.

16Skittles wrote:

Lots of traffic (relatively), I don't know how much of that was already visiting or how much was generated by this topic   
As for stats, the most popular region by far was the United States, with 10 visitors, and one from the UK. Browsers were 63% Chrome, 18% FireFox, and 9% each of Safari and a Mozilla Compatible Agent. Five Windows users, 4 iOS users, and one each of Linux and OSX visited the site. Of the iOS devices there were three iPad visits and 1 iPod Touch. It appears that one user connected from MIT's network  , and one at a hotel, among notable ISPs.

Uh... okay. o.O
How did you know someone connected from MIT's network. Does it tell you info for the ISP too? o.0