I certainly understand where you are coming from, I just think that the issue of having this data supplied to Google isn't really that important to warrant spending a tremendous amount of the budget to do an in house system.
The fact is that the web is not anonymous in its nature. If I browse to a random site I've never heard of, how do I know they aren't using a third party image? If they are, then my IP/Location will be broadcast to that third party.
>> I just think that the issue of having this data supplied to Google isn't really that important to warrant spending a tremendous amount of the budget to do an in house system.
Well I think they probably have a tremendous budget, and a variety of FOSS or third party (but running in-house) solutions have been mentioned in comments here, that could likely do the job.
>> The fact is that the web is not anonymous in its nature.
It's not really about anonymity though, it's about who the government is (deliberately) sharing data with or leaking data too. I'm not asking for anonymity in who I intend to interact with (UK government services), I'm asking them to think about who they share that data with.
>> If I browse to a random site I've never heard of, how do I know they aren't using a third party image? If they are, then my IP/Location will be broadcast to that third party.
When it is a page run by one's own government, one can have different expectations and even ask for things to be changed not to leak such data. Or at least ask if they've thought about it.
However this is also why I tend to block things like social media buttons, I have no desire for FB or Google to be informed every time I read ... well just about anything online these days.
The fact is that the web is not anonymous in its nature. If I browse to a random site I've never heard of, how do I know they aren't using a third party image? If they are, then my IP/Location will be broadcast to that third party.