Are tracking scripts really that dangerous?

Question by top 2% is more important than u: Are tracking scripts really that dangerous?
There has been a lot of controversy of tracking scripts and companies that pry user information and sell them to businesses or use them to advertise, most predominantly google. I use firefox and have noscripts, adblock plus, keysrambler, better privacy and a few other security add ons installed and kaspersky firewall. I don’t allow scripts to run on sites unless I need them (yimg.com, wsj,com, nytimes.com…etc.) I notice may sites have 5 – 10 tracking scripts running. My question is are they really that dangerous. An organization as a whole tracks a users keystrokes, ip address, residence, and search habits. Individuals don’t and it’s not like any employee sees them. I understand that if they were hacked a hacker would attain very private/valuable information but that rarely happens.

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Answer by dave
This is the start of a right to privacy debate.

Are they really that dangerous? Well “that” isn’t defined. Are they as dangerous as the media makes them to be? No. Can they be dangerous at all? Obviously yes.

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