25 bucks from Google for your search data

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by kovlex • 14 years ago

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BryanB55• 14 years ago

No thank you. My privacy is worth a bit more than $25

pagekalisedown• 14 years ago

It's 5$ every 3 full months of participation, up to 25$. Seems extremely low.

Sumaso• 14 years ago

It is a low amount of money, but what are you giving up in order to get that money? A little privacy?

Edit: It seems like Google is giving you 5 dollars, for you to do absolutely nothing out of the ordinary

drivebyacct22• 14 years ago

Out of curiosity, how much money would you need before you'd be willing to give up this aspect of your privacy?

dansul2• 14 years ago

A percentage of what they make from your data should be a fair deal. Although some (like myself) value privacy more than pocket money.

Zirro3• 14 years ago

For me, the answer to that question depends on what happens with my data. Should I assume the worst?

rms• 14 years ago

$25/month

mda2• 14 years ago

Your ISP knows all the sites you visit.

ohashi• 14 years ago

Does it? VPNs make this easy to get around. Tor does as well. HTTP proxies.

dpcx2• 14 years ago

Other than "Knowledge Networks" having the data, is there any downside for those of us already using Google Web History?

amitamb2• 14 years ago

Google doesn't know all your Web History. For example it knows which links you clicked in search results but it doesn't know how much time you spent on them, when you closed them or which links you clicked on those pages.

yalimkgerger• 14 years ago

Google Analytics?

dpcx2• 14 years ago

As I said, I use Google Web History. Every link I click is logged to Google. They can figure out how much time I spent on each page from that.

notatoad• 14 years ago

if you use the google toolbar for firefox, you can opt in to web history which tracks exactly what you say. i didn't see the option for it in chrome, and i don't think they make the toolbar for firefox anymore (?) but i used to find it a very useful feature.

speg• 14 years ago

Signup form seems to be broken.

dhechols• 14 years ago

Don't worry though, the spreadsheets team has been notified.

DanBC• 14 years ago

I would do this. I would even keep it honest by not using other browsers for some stuff.

Tichy• 14 years ago

I can't parse the "would" here. Either you do it or you don't. What does "would" mean in this context? (unless you can't do it because you are not yet 13 years old)

dholowiski• 14 years ago

It's interesting that there doesn't seem to be any country restrictions - this is usually the type of thing that is USA only.

Also, here's a direct link: http://www.google.com/landing/screenwisepanel/

veverkap2• 14 years ago

I am constantly logged into my Google account. How is this any different? They track everything already. Now they are going to pay me for it?

kstenerud2• 14 years ago

By paying you, they get around privacy laws and can sell your data to anyone who wants it.

sliverstorm• 14 years ago

Anonymously? Or could someone come and request specifically your data?

luser001• 14 years ago

I think they get to track all pages you visit, time spent per page, which parts of the page are in the viewport, for how long, where on the page you click, etc.

Not just a stream of what Google pages you visit.

veverkap2• 14 years ago

Wonder how this impacts Incognito windows.

Jach• 14 years ago

I think Bing was the worst thing that happened to Google. They've even started paying users now... I wonder how easy the system would be to game.

blahedo• 14 years ago

This is really interesting; by giving due consideration for access to your browsing habits and the sites you visit and so forth, they admit that this is not something that they could necessarily have presumed to use for free. The $25 protects them, but I think in some ways it also protects us, or at least future-us.

Kylekramer• 14 years ago

Everyone seems to be approaching this deal from a strange angle. I understand that it is kind of funny for Google to paying people for their Chrome browsing data, but this just seems to be standard operating procedure for research, market or any other kind. In my university/ramen days, I would do this kind of thing a lot. Nominal fees, often dispensed via gift card, as incentive for your time/contribution. I suspect the Knowledge Networks/Google partnership in this case is much more Knowledge Networks than Google.

rsingel• 14 years ago

This is exactly the data Google and MSFT and others get from toolbars. Google and MSFT use this kind of data to improve search results (noting how long users stay on a site, etc.). It's key to the Panda update. So it's no wonder Google pays people to install this.

25 bucks from Google for your search data

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