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  1. 07-04-2007 #1
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    What is the purpose of the " Google analytics urchin module "??

    I got an email with an attachment today. My Seamonkey browser download the attachment into - file:///tmp/linux3.doc.

    I had never been exposed to this file so I sought help with the file search browser. It opened a file with 3370 items. It looks as though everything I ever saved is in this file and quite a few other things that I never heard of.

    The " Google analytics urchin module " is one of these files.
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    That seems to be the snoop that gathers data for the Google Analytics service.
    I see it in the source of a lot of web pages, including those here at Linux Forums.
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    Not only is that scary, it is also disgusting. I think yahoo and the dial-up ISP's I have used have put similar software into my computer. Nothing is sacred any more.
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    I went into Google a while back and cleared my history completely. I also make sure to log back out after checking my gmail account. I never search the web while I'm logged in to Google, and I delete my browser cache frequently.
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