MIT's Eyebrowse lets users make their browsing history public

MIT researchers have developed technology that lets people share their browsing history -- or just selected parts of it -- with friends and the general public.

The new system, called Eyebrowse, gives researchers access to the same type of browsing data that big companies like Google and Facebook already collect.

"There's global analytics," said David Karger, an MIT professor of electrical engineering who has worked on the team project since 2010. "Google has this interesting 50,000-foot view of the Internet because they know all the clicks. Most people don't."

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