So how much are you worth to Google and Facebook?

[karl]

A new browser add-on offers users an estimate of how much 'free' internet services like Google and Facebook are making from their personal data.
Just released for the Firefox and Chrome browsers, Privacyfix scans users' Google and Facebook accounts and shows how they are tracking and sharing your online activities to make money.
The add-on then gives a rough estimate as to how valuable they are to these companies, based on their use of the services. 'We wanted people to understand, it is a value exchange,' said the program's creator Jim Brock.


Full story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2216675/So-worth-Google-Facebook-New-browser-add-gives-users-estimate-free-web-services-making-personal-data.html#ixzz296ZQvj6e

[FreeFall]

I hate google, and I hate facebook. They're all over the tv, all over my phone, all over. Can't get away. Google was good as a search engine to me, anymore and I'm feeling very smothered. Ugh, everywhere.

[Reina]

Nothing at all. Privacy is pretty important to me. I search over DuckDuckGo and I don't have a Facebook.

[Mortal Coil]

haha, the Daily Mail? Sorry, but I'm not one to really trust a news source that has been shown to be so biased. Thanks for posting, but... yeah.

[karl]

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/how-much-do-google-and-facebook-profit-from-your-data/

http://lifehacker.com/5950212/privacyfix-shows-whos-tracking-you-on-the-web-gives-you-the-tools-to-stop-it

http://www.tecnomundo.net/2012/10/protege-tu-privacidad-en-la-internet-con-privacyfix/

http://www.esecurityplanet.com/browser-security/privacychoice-launches-free-privacyfix-browser-plug-in.html

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/chrome-extension-protects-privacy-against-google-facebook-1-000-other-sites.php

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/privacyfix-extension-for-chrome-firefox-puts-users-in-control-of-their-online-privacy-017708.php

[Mortal Coil]

Okay, thanks for the links :)

Now... I think that google and facebook have become ubiquitous and I don't usually mind so much because I need them.

[The Mockingjay]

Thanks for the link, just maxed my privacy settings! :)

[XxAssasiNxX]

Well I hate Facebook anyway, all the swag fags and these annoying assholes I've just had enough

[Avenged]

Literally favorite thing on the internet ever.