Selling Your Soul to Google

Google is apparently now paying people to allow Google to track everything they do by means of a web browser plug-in. There's $25 worth of Amazon gift cards in it for you, if you're willing to have your every move (outside of Chrome's private browsing mode) tracked and sifted through for research purposes. What's amazing to me is that Google has been so inundated with requests that they've posted a message expressing their gratitude and noting that they won't be able to accept all comers due to the high demand. The gift cards are spaced out every three months as well, so the payoff seems further diminished. People need to rethink their priorities if the cost of a few packs of gum every three months is worth their most personal information.