Google is working to collect information about Internet users that it
can’t get from just monitoring its own browser, services, and Android
devices. The company has set up a new program called Screenwise, which
offers money to users who install a black box on their home network to
“measure Internet use.” A smaller amount of money will go to those who
install a browser extension on their computers that will do the same
thing.
Google quietly started up the Screenwise data collection program
Tuesday night, taking the e-mail addresses of people who are interested
in “add[ing] a browser extension that will share with Google the sites
you visit and how you use them.”
