Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use 118
Howardd21 writes "PC World reports that Mozilla Labs wants 1% of its Firefox users to voluntarily provide information about how they use the browser, and their web browsing habits. This would be done through an add-on named "Test Pilot" that collects the information and associates it with some demographic information that the user has provided. Unlike other data collection utilities that software developers may include to provide usage information, the add-on will follow the same open source concept that Firefox adheres to, allowing the market to better understand what is being collected. Mozilla Labs stresses privacy when discussing how they will collect, store and use the data, including publishing it for other researchers to to analyze."
Won't happen (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not giving them my best porn sites.
Mandatory (Score:5, Funny)
round 1 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Won't happen (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, they gave you libpr0n [libpr0n.com] (safe-ish for work). The least you could do is to share some of the stuff back to them.
Re:Won't happen (Score:3, Funny)
You'd only be giving them a hash of your best porn sites.
With so many to choose from, I think your love of horse/goat double penetration is safe.
Re:round 1 (Score:3, Funny)
Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use
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Microsoft Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') IE Use.
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Re:Won't happen (Score:1, Funny)
The Internet King? I wonder if he could provide faster nudity...
Re:Won't happen (Score:4, Funny)
You'd only be giving them a hash of your best porn sites.
Porn, hash, maybe they want me to order them a pizza too?!
Where "volunteer" equals (Score:2, Funny)
Not read the EULA thoroughly upon installation?
Re:How about add needed features instead? (Score:1, Funny)
New features? What a brilliant idea!
If only there were some way for them to determine what usage scenarios are most common, and what browsing patterns most in need of optimization... so that they could then implement the features that are most needed...
Maybe they should collect usage statistics or something...
Re:4Chan (Score:2, Funny)
It's a browser, not a miracle worker ;)
Re:Where "volunteer" equals (Score:1, Funny)
My copy of firefox didn't come with a EULA you piece of FUD.
Re:Self-selection will skew results (Score:5, Funny)
They better share this important info immediately!