I created a google takeout and in that zip file I found some files containing a ton of data about me. It has logged every single page I visited while using the google search engine and chrome browser. It even logged every single time I opened an app on my old android phone. It even has VOICE RECORDINGS of me and a log of every time I used google assistant. This is just some of the data and I’m very sure there is even more data they have.

  • @RampantParanoia2365
    16•9 months ago

    I really don’t understand why you find this surprising. We’re you expecting like…42% of all that to be saved?

    • @[email protected]
      13•9 months ago

      To be fair, it wasn’t something most of us were thinking about in the early 2000’s

      Then Google became ubiquitous, to the point where we didn’t question it. Like cell service

      • @Zess
        0•9 months ago

        Yeah they can really destroy my life with all my data of asking assistant how many cups are in a quart and how do giraffes swallow. Oh and they know I open Instagram 50 times a day, hope they don’t blackmail me.

        All they want to do is sell ads bro.

        • @FilthyHookerSpit
          4•9 months ago

          It’s not specifically gonna destroy your life but they could do things like: see what political sites/pages you visit, what you interact with on said site/page, what appeals to you. They do this for you and every other person using the service in x country. Use that data to package nefarious bills/politicians in ways you and many others find tolerable. This is just one way I could see them using you and everyone else’s data against you.

          I hear this sentiment from many people I know “it’s just tik Tok bro, who cares if China knows every little thing about? They can’t do anything directly to me so they can have every shred of data they want”. Yeah, your data alone isn’t worth much, if anything. But when millions are all doing the same, there could be real consequence.