Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use

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."

Comments

Won't happen

[jerep]

I'm not giving them my best porn sites.

Re:Won't happen

[Eudial]

Hey, they gave you libpr0n (safe-ish for work). The least you could do is to share some of the stuff back to them.

Re:Won't happen

[Anonymous Coward]

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?!

Mandatory

[Bocconcini]

In Soviet Russia, open source monitors you!

Re:round 1

[ani23]

now with line breaks
Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use
VS
Microsoft Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') IE Use.
Fight

Re:Self-selection will skew results

[theaceoffire]

Well, this obviously means they should make more technology porn sites.

They better share this important info immediately!