A User Personalization Proposal for Firefox

I don't use it myself but would be interested to hear FF users thoughts on this blog

https://blog.mozilla.org/labs/2013/07/a-user-personalization-proposal-for-firefox/

The privacy experts and those concerned about being profiled online are going to complain about it.

One of the many benefits of the Web is its ability to create a unique, tailored experience for the individual user.

Translation:

One of the many benefits of the web is that we can spy on your every move. We can watch and take note of absolutely everything you do and there's nothing you can do about it.

Armed with the endless information we learn about you we can make a very good living from the money the advertisers pay us for it. Then said advertisers can target you with what they think you need and everyones happy. Except maybe you.

This is the cost of "free software".

Just my humble opinion of course.

I've been using an addon for this for a while just to see what it thinks about me. I'm actually thinking that the addon is by Mozilla Labs (i like to play with a lot of their addons)

My top interest according to it is "Internet"

My top interest according to it is "Internet"

So your top interest on the Internet is the Internet. :lol: Maybe time for a bug report! ;)

Eh, I use chrome. I figure I cant be getting spied on anymore than I already am. At first I didn't like all the stuff chrome does but its too convenient not to use it at this point.

I'm not sure how it classifies each page I visit.

http://i.imgur.com/hHuxJbQ.png

I'm not sure how it classifies each page I visit.

http://i.imgur.com/hHuxJbQ.png

They know too much about you!

I've thought on this for many days and here is my conclusion; like any semantic "trend" system, this is a failure to understand the human being. Just because I've looked up something doesn't mean I am universally interested in it. It's bad enough when Netflix and TiVo try it ("Oh you like the ponies" - Patton Oswalt) but to have my browser see that I read a article of item X and assume that I must then be interested in X is just a step far too far.