chr4

Written in Rust is nice, but it also uses `libssh` which has a history of security issues and bad support for recent ciphers. Would be interesting if it also has issues with terminal escape sequences.

I'm not sure I want any features in my terminal at this point...

The problem is not what the site owner is able to see, but what Google sees. And it collects information about every site you visit, every article you read. It has access to all other information, like your browser fingerprint, etc. It does this even without being a Google customer - If you are, it get's worse - It can correlate it with every mail you get, every term you search, every step you take. This is a fundamental problem, and the magnitude is incredibly scary.

I hope you realize, that "opt-out" doesn't work without tracking the user either. Which kinda reduces the point of not wanting to be tracked to absurdity.

It is. And it is a huge problem. It's easier to block this using an adblocking plugin, though.

Opt out is the problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11572181

The point is, opt-out is the problem.

This sounds like the EU proposal for cookies :)

The article was targeting another scenario: An installed app that tracks users. Obviously, for websites this would rather translate to: Do not track your users, especially not using 3rd party services.