Re: This really isn't new news...
Easy enough to download the font and serve it from the site, rather than Google's servers.
Would be nice, perhaps, if someone wrote a plug-in to do that.
Scan WP theme - pull fonts to wp-uploads folder, then use javascript to rewrite the calls to Google to the stand alone server.
I'd pay for it.
Problem is, most people wouldn't. Why should they care that Google tracks their visitors?