[Cougher]

This is a basic example of Google's treatment of its users. They could have offered this to users as an option to help their browsers run more smoothly, while informing the users of the extra CPU drain. Better yet, since what they're monitoring could increase user awareness of what their computers are doing, they could offer to "cc" the reports to the users. This transparency would also put a better face on Google.

But this is not what they did. I don't know what their reasoning was, but I'll perceive it as a callous disregard for the user at best.

And you gotta love the comments section. Within the first five comments, we have Google described as being a nefarious organization created by the US government, the Russians, and the Jews.