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submitted 9 months ago by sidgames5@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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.

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[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 15 points 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?

[-] Lightfire228@pawb.social 13 points 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

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

That's very true. But not really by the time Android started.

[-] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Don't be so harsh we all gotta learn eventually. His moment is now brethren!

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