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.

  • @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    351 year ago

    This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. It’s the same with all the big data companies. Everything you type, say or do gets logged and never deleted.

    • @panicnow@lemmy.world
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      101 year ago

      It could be they are collecting and hiding the data, but what they publicly disclose they have certainly varies. My de-google-fication really started when I used google takeout (like the OP here). Excluding things I wanted backed up (e.g. photos), Google still had more than a GB of textual data (this was 7 years ago or so—my memory may be wrong). I use Apple a lot so I went to their “takeout” page. They had a few MB of data pretty much all of which I considered innocuous. I don’t think they are equivalent.

      I do agree Facebook probably collects as much data as Google, but I gave that up long ago.

    • SharkAttak
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      71 year ago

      That’s why I’m still in doubt wether to use my fingerprint to unlock my phone. Would be convenient, but where is it stored, who can access it?

      • @Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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        81 year ago

        Anybody with access to your finger, which means they don’t need you to be conscious or even alive to access your phone.

        • @Tak@lemmy.ml
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          61 year ago

          If they have me dead or unconscious my phone is the least of my concerns.

            • @Tak@lemmy.ml
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              31 year ago

              Totally. I’m not saying it’s better security just that in a situation like that I’m not really worried about what’s going on with my phone.

              • @Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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                1 year ago

                The suspect was later arrested in possession of a severed finger and a dank porn stash on the victims mobile phone

                • @Tak@lemmy.ml
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                  11 year ago

                  My friends don’t want to use end to end encrypted platforms so it’s one data leak from being public anyway.

          • SharkAttak
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            31 year ago

            Depends if you wanna be remembered as John Smith instead of “Ah Yeah, John Smith the furry midget lover”

      • Archon of the Valley
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        31 year ago

        Smart for many reasons as people listed here. Your fourth amendment rights to your phone also go out the window when you use biometrics like fingerprint. PIN/password is protected, fingerprint/face scan is not. Backwards world we’re in, huh?

      • @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 year ago

        Not literally everything. But if you’re sending unencrypted data via internet, even data you may not be aware of. It’s likely being stored by some company.