Google bases its autofill settings on what you personally search for, as well as what people in a radius around you are searching for. The idea that you could learn more about the area you live in based on what people in that area are searching the web for could be an interesting idea for a digital project. What if there was a Chrome application that allowed you to change words on webpages, just for fun? It wouldn't change the page itself, just how you personally see it based on your Chrome settings. You could set it to single words (e.g. change any instance of the word "balloon" to "puppy"), phrases, or themes (e.g. hide all words dealing with politics). While similar filters already exist on Chrome, I am not aware of any that lets the user set their own limits and keywords.
While some of the returned autofills surprised me (You really have to Google what the time is? You can't just look on the right side of your screen?), it could be interesting and downright comical if users had a way of changing filters themselves. Imagine the office pranks, changing a coworkers's browser to keep changing the word "job" to "you're fired!" It might not be the most inventive or revolutionary idea for a web app, but it would be fun nonetheless.
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