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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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[-] risencode@lemmy.ml 29 points 9 months ago

Today you learned a valuable lesson:

When an online service is free it generally means you're the product.

[-] conti473@thelemmy.club 12 points 9 months ago

Today companies will snoop your info even if you pay 1000s for a device.

Why wouldn't they, obviously no one cares

[-] frostysauce@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

It's [current year], nobody is learning that lesson today. We've all known it for well over a decade now.

[-] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

It's not even online only anymore. You can't do the setup process of Android OR Windows without connecting to the Internet, and I doubt Apple's products are any better in that regard.

this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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