ClickTale is a new service for webmasters which is a web statistics service, but with a difference.

ClickTale monitors everything users do on your website, and on compatible browsers, you will end up with a video of exactly what your users were doing - where they clicked and even where they moved the mouse.

Of course, if you’re concerned about the privacy issues you can simply disable JavaScript in your browser, but most users will be completely unaware that everything they do is being monitored.

ClickTale does have legitimate uses of course - for example if your users are clicking something and expecting it to be a link, you can improve the usability of your site. There are serious privacy issues here, and although the website owner won’t be able to see other browser windows/tabs or any other applications you’re running, there’s still a massive privacy issue here.

ClickTale is currently in a closed beta test, but you can sign up to be notified if additional beta testers are needed on their site.

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