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This kind of thing is what I've always seen as the potential end result of things like google analytics and also facebook connect. Both products that have javascript running on a vast number of websites, with the potential to link to personally identifiable information, in a similar manner to that discussed in article.

I can't imagine that I'm alone in this train of thought.

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You're not, and it's why I largely avoid (at all costs) turnkey solutions that certain websites employ for parts of their site. For instance, the sites that use something like zoho.com or disqus.com for blog comments; even though they're overt about their usage (as opposed to hidden tracking code), I'd rather not be heard at all then to willingly yield my personal information.

>This kind of thing is what I've always seen as the potential end result of things like google analytics

Anyone know if GA's privacy policy firewalls the data collected by GA from AdSense and other parts of Google?

I know they modified the privacy policy a year or so ago to integrate data across all their products but does it include GA?

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