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Google is collecting a lot of data about how we use the web. The new Google Alarm Firefox addon visually & audibly alerts you whenever your personal information is being sent to Google servers. Click here to install:


No-sound version (workplace-friendly)
is also available: click to install


Chrome extension now available (beta): click to install

No sound version: click to install

Even outside Gmail and YouTube you are constantly sending Google your information through their vast network of “tracking bugs”: Google Analytics, Google AdSense, YouTube embeds, API calls… all of this data can be used to monitor & track your personal web browsing habits.

Google Alarm shows notifications, plays sound effects and keeps running stats about the % of websites you’ve visit with Google bugs present. Stay alert – install Google Alarm today.

Screenshots:

Click here for more images.

Source code: http://github.com/jamiew/google-alarm (MIT licensed)

More information on jamiedubs.com.

Originally developed during FUCK GOOGLE @ Transmediale 2010. Thanks to Evan Roth, Tobias Leingruber and Aram Bartholl for advice & assistance. For more of our creative browser addon work check out ARTZILLA.

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Posted on July 27, 2010

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COMMENTS

  1. […] das so gut geklappt hat, legen sie jetzt nach mit dem Plug-in Google Alarm für Firefox und sogar Googles eigenen Webbrowser Chrome, das angeblich darauf aufmerksam […]

  2. […] maybe I should just say that “Google Alarm makes noises,” because Google is always collecting your […]

  3. Sunshy says:

    when it will available for firefox 3.5.11?

  4. Mark says:

    This is stupid. It goes off when I go to Gmail, which is where I intend to go. Goes off when I go to Google Reader. So what?! I know that I’m going to a Google site when I go to Google Reader! I don’t need an alarm to tell me that I am.

    Why all the hate for Google? You sound like conspiracy theory fanatics. “OMG! Google is run by the Illuminati and going to take over the world!!! Oh noes!!!!1111”

  5. […] it is. But just how often do we unknowingly send information to the digital behemoth? With ‘Google Alarm,’ you can now find out — in real-time. The plug-in, available for both Firefox and […]

  6. ad says:

    just use yahoo, it’s searches are more acurate anyway

  7. […] seeing this new plugin — which works with both Firefox and Chrome — on F.A.T. I contacted the developer who made it: Jamie Wilkinson, who also created Know Your Meme and Mag.ma. […]

  8. ben says:

    Will an Opera version be available?

  9. […] para Chrome que hará sonar las alarmas cada vez que este envío se produzca.El invento se llama Google Alarm, y realmente merece la pena experimentar con él un poco para darnos cuenta de la impresionante […]

  10. […] to alarm you or anything, but you might want to watch this and then check out the plugin for Chrome & Firefox to see which sites you visit are […]

  11. […] mach mal wieder ne Google Aktion, diesmal der Google Alarm: Google Alarm shows notifications, plays sound effects and keeps running stats about the % of […]

  12. […] invento se llama Google Alarm, y realmente merece la pena experimentar con él un poco para darnos cuenta de la impresionante […]

  13. I don’t like the fact that the app stays in the corner and I can’t log in to my website cause its flashing right in the way of me logging in and won’t move anywhere and too big for me to push the login tab on my website. Hope this gets fixed. It’s amazing though what they are watching. In fact not only the email, web, but all your emails and chats too!

  14. […] se face din pagina oficială a extensiei. Acolo poÅ£i opta între versiunea zgomotoasă sau cea silenÅ£ioasă. Dacă te afli la birou ÅŸi ai […]

  15. […] once installed, Google Alarm notifies you–visually and with some annoying horns–whenever you visit a page that has […]

  16. d says:

    Firefox has another add-on that will block these leeches…

    It’s called Ghostery. very effective!

  17. […] (unless you choose to opt out, that is). If you haven’t opted out, a new browser plug-in by F.A.T. might “alarm” you enough to do […]

  18. […] a website is informing Google passively about you browsing their website? If that’s the case then Google Alarm, a simple Firefox and Chrome add-on, can help you find out if a site is informing Google about you […]

  19. […] » Google Alarm » Google Alarm browser plugin alerts you when any of your personal data sent to Google […]

  20. […] se face din pagina oficială a extensiei. Acolo poÅ£i opta între versiunea zgomotoasă sau cea silenÅ£ioasă. Dacă te afli la birou ÅŸi ai […]

  21. […] you afraid of Google monitoring your Internet activities? If you use Mozilla Firefox, get the Google Alarm which will warn you whenever Google’s trying to spy on your activities. I’m using […]

  22. […] move (unless you choose to opt out, that is). If you haven't opted out, a new browser plug-in by F.A.T. might "alarm" you enough to do so.Google's tracking bugs aren't just on its own sites. They're […]

  23. […] (unless you choose to opt out, that is). If you haven’t opted out, a new browser plug-in by F.A.T. might “alarm” you enough to do […]

  24. […] invento se llama Google Alarm, y realmente merece la pena experimentar con él un poco para darnos cuenta de la impresionante […]

  25. […] earth is watching you Audio alerts when google collects your data while browsing, now this should give you a sense of how much money […]

  26. William Lee says:

    Heh. I use adblock/flashblock/scriptblock with ff, and I’ve gone to Adobe’s site to block LSOs… will another plugin make me safer? I’m beginning to doubt the knowledge of anyone who writes apps for the web…

    I’ve got some news for ya…

    WE’RE ALL FsCKED!

    …sweet dreams ;)

    (the only way to stay safe is to never use the internet – whoops too late!)

  27. […] maybe I should just say that “Google Alarm makes noises,” because Google is always collecting your […]

  28. […] invento se llama Google Alarm, y realmente merece la pena experimentar con él un poco para darnos cuenta de la impresionante […]

  29. […] aqui para baixar a versão para o Firefox ou para o […]

  30. […] Google Alarm | F.A.T. Ever wondered just how much Google is learning about you? Turn this on, and see. I'm not posting this as a dig at Google, but rather just in a "be informed about what information about you goes where". […]

  31. rattler says:

    Think about it, google is getting rich by eating from your private data and behaviour.

  32. rattler says:

    You and only you are the legal owner of the copy rights of your own body, your own life and your own private data. Google, supermarkets, insurence companies, banks and other big brothers are making illegal copies of your private data, putting it in a profile and sell it for money !!!!

  33. rattler says:

    The question if you have something to hide has become outdated a long time ago. Today the question is : what are other people going to do with your private data ? We can read everyday in the news how your private data is stolen, leaked, lost or sold.

  34. rattler says:

    Think about it, when was it the last time that other people were using your private data in your advantage ?

  35. […] si esto te preocupa o simplemente te da curiosidad, puedes instalar Google Alarm. Esta herramienta disponible para Firefox o Chrome, nos alertará cuando Google esté obteniendo […]

  36. […] maybe I should just say that “Google Alarm makes noises,” because Google is always collecting your […]

  37. […] it is. But just how often do we unknowingly send information to the digital behemoth? With ‘Google Alarm,’ you can now find out — in real-time. The plug-in, available for both Firefox and […]

  38. […] Das Modul kann abgerufen werden unter Google-Alarm. […]

  39. Rob says:

    I found another similar tool which is more helpful and blocks all Google ads, so you don’t even see them ;-)

    http://www.adblockplus.org

    Highly recommended!
    Rob

  40. […] IDG, Googel Alarm […]

  41. Ionut says:

    The Chrome version is silly. It shows an alert for every page just because you’re using Chrome. What’s the point?

  42. Sarah says:

    O.K, but, is anybody know how am I going to remove this alarm from my comp?

  43. […] (unless you choose to opt out, that is). If you haven’t opted out, a new browser plug-in by F.A.T. might “alarm” you enough to do […]

  44. Yaho says:

    Sarah,
    just go to “wrench” on right side, select “Extensions” – and uninstall “Google alarm”.

  45. […] Free Art and Technology (FAT) Lab is promoting a new browser plugin that gives you a visual notification and audible alarm every time it notices data being sent to […]

  46. POed says:

    What good does it do to alarm. We need blocking or better yet, vaporize google altogether.

  47. […] de todo o mundo. Para baixar o programa para os navegadores Firefox ou Chrome, basta acessar o blog Free Art and Technology. […]

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