huffingtonpost.com — In the midst of outcry over the changes in Google's privacy policy, the search giant has announced that it will start paying some users to share their search history as part of a new project dubbed Screenwise. Search Engine Land reports that people who sign up to be on the Screenwise panel will receive a $5 credit on Amazon for installing a browser extension that allows all of the data from their Chrome browsing to be collected.
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chadpyleFeb 9, 2012
Someone would have to have a pretty low opinion of their privacy to give it up for $20/year. Granted, many have been unwittingly giving it away for free.
linageeFeb 9, 2012
$5 for 3 months of giving up your privacy? They should just send you a candy bar or something, at least you could eat it.
nitoriFeb 9, 2012
I would not do it even if it was enough to make my internet connection completely free.
Closed AccountFeb 9, 2012
Big Brother is coming - it just needs to be re-marketed.
vixrementoFeb 10, 2012
I'm not selling my porn search tips for that cheap!
g21networkFeb 10, 2012
privacy is more important than money
michaelpaul529Feb 10, 2012
LOL $5? atleast make it something worthy
nitoriFeb 9, 2012
Umm no thanks my privacy is worth a far more then that.
But I can see is someone making a bunch of fake accounts and installing it on machines running scripts that mimic someone browsing the web.
Under linux this would be pretty easy with a little python under OSX you probably could do this with applescript.
This will probably be very common in China and India like gold farming on WoW.
ImperatoreChicoFeb 9, 2012
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