LBTimer is a lightweight task counter and time tracker for Google Search Quality evaluators (raters) working for Lionbridge or Appen/Raterlabs.
Automatic and out-of-the-way, it lets you focus on your work with the assurance that it is being accurately and properly recorded. It is automatically synchronised to any device through a Firebase database.
It includes time-saving features like auto-submission of tasks, automatically checking for available tasks, auto-acquiring tasks, rating from the landing pages and more!
View your time and tasks completed in a daily, weekly and monthly format, making it easier to report, or even fill your timesheet, invoice or timecard automatically.
It requires a monthly subscription fee (1.99€ / month).
LBTimer reads and stores your email address for identification purposes only, so you can access your own records in the database.
Copyright © 2014-2021 Iván Nokonoko
Based on discussion in the LB Facebook group, I looked into this a bit and I’d caution others about installing it.
Though coming with a GPL license; the extension author has run the source through an obfuscater to make it difficult for anyone to work on it, even before making payments mandatory, based on what I’m seeing in the old versions.
The recent Firebase conversion is what makes using this extension worrisome; I’m not sure if this image will attach to the review, but here’s some of the information it sends: https://ibb.co/6spVW0d.
If that doesn’t load, it shows the following going to the extension author’s personal Firebase:
– all of your time task data
– all of your settings
– all account information Google has associated with you, like your full name, email, picture.
– *the search queries urls you visit*
The latter is asked for in a permissions dialog, but there is nothing that asks whether you want to send the queries you’re rating to the author.
Lionbridge has been very clear this extension is forbidden to be run, even though many users have taken the risk anyway. However, sending the query URLs is a clear and indefensible violation of the NDA.
When the data was in Google Drive, it was only visible to you and this wasn’t as much of an issue. The extension author removed that feature, switching to the current Firebase, that gives him access to everyone’s data, with the justification it’s “more performant”. Both services are run by Google, but only the latter removes your own access to your data. Obviously this is part of the subscription service, and when I engaged the extension, it gave permission denied errors without having one. Additionally, all of your data is stored in plaintext within the database as you can (hopefully) see from the image, accessible to the author with the click of a mouse.
Given the extension has permissions to run on the time sheet portal (Ultipro) where your social security and other financial information is and the author’s willingness to put profit over user’s utility, I’d also be concerned about having this installed for that reason. Even if the author never personally does anything nefarious, there’s nothing preventing him from selling it to someone who will. I’m personally disappointed to see someone prey on the rater community, given how much else we’ve had to deal with lately.
Since the GPL presumably grants this open source status, maybe someone will defang an older version and release it to the community. Or Tellus will fire the lot of us and make this and its usage irrelevant. If you’re in the group, feel free to DM me (Dex) with any questions.
I installed this because it looked like it’d be helpful, but you can’t even try it without paying, and after you’ve installed it, it asks for a whole lot of permissions. It looks like it tries to send all your work data into the author’s firebase! From what I can see it used to store it in your local Google Drive appdata and the author changed this before making it a subscription? But without paying you can’t even see if it’ll properly store the submitted data.
I was willing to take the risk using this despite it being explicitly listed by Lionbridge as disallowed but it’s so lame there isn’t even a basic mode you can test with. This is in addition to it being just after the holidays and some weeks now with barely any tasks. This extension just keeps popping up a thing for payments instead of doing anything useful. The search continues!
I love it, but apparently won’t be able to use it with the new LB extension!?? 🙁
I would like to purchase it. I am from Brazil but it is just not available here.
Missing Time and Time on Wrong days. Still waiting on extension developer to get back with me on several occasions that I have detected missing/deleted time and time on wrong days. Check support tab for info. I would highly recommend running a backup time logging extensions because of this. TickyTimer also has an extension that auto logs for Yukon and free. Just google search it.
Ele é excelente, mas não está disponível no Brasil…
New rater here, and this extension is saving my life!
Very good, but it should be available in Brazil. I’d love to buy it.
Indispensable tool for raters. Subscription pays for itself many times over in increased productivity.
Poderia deixar opções de compra para outros países, não consegui fazer a compra após o prazo final.
Definitely helps me so much while I rate, since I don’t have to keep track of my time….I can actually do more work now for LB!!!!
Thank you very much!!!! You are a lifesaver!!!
Excelente
Thank you, really useful extension, I love it!
Excellent extension, plenty of information and very flexible.
It doesn’t work 🙁 the menu is locked and no button does anything when pressed. Can someone help me?
Great Tools for any raters.
Ivan, Hope you able to add feature to send notification if there is task available to telegram or whatsapp messaging application
its many tasks the app not count ,its Lost money
pleas help
Great extension! Really easy to use and works perfectly.
I recently contacted Iván for a special request. He answered me very quickly and modified the extension as I suggested.
Thank you again for the good work Iván!
Great app! I have used the free version and it is just amazing, you can focus on work with the distraction of count the minutes and task. By now I want to subscribe, however, the button in the app send me to play store, and in play store the button to subscribe is grey and doesn’t work. What should I do?
I am a new rater and I found this really helpful for me. The notifications work great and there are more more features I didn’t try yet. This extension is such a handy tool for raters and the great news it’s FREE.
pleas i need to download extension but i can not
I think its very useful and has increased my ability to focus on my work rather than the time I am working.
Thanks LBTimer, great job
very helpful tool
Best extension for Lionbridge raters. Thank you very much!!!!. I’m waiting for the Ios version please!
very good