On: 25 bucks from Google for your search data

[veverkap]

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?

[kstenerud → veverkap]

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

[sliverstorm → kstenerud]

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

[kstenerud → sliverstorm]

Edit: my mistake. They will attempt to scrub data before sharing it (but make no guarantees).

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/02/google-paying-us...

[luser001 → veverkap]

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.

[veverkap → luser001]

Wonder how this impacts Incognito windows.

[Mavyrk → veverkap]

For the non-blackbox version where you install the extension, I'm assuming if you were paranoid you could just use Firefox's incognito mode.