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I am genuinely horrified to see how much data google collected from me (lemmy.zip)

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

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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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[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As a percentage of population, so did Julius Caesar.

The reality is that Google is entirely dependent on ads and selling your data.

Apple and Microsoft, it's just a happy side gig they can do.

Apple makes its money selling mediocre hardware and software for a premium markup.
Microsoft makes money selling Windows, Office(+Teams) and Azure to business users then from video games, then ad revenue.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Missed the point

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh I got your point, but I also reject it. Google is objectively making the internet worse.

There isn't any reasonable comparison to Apple or MS outside of they're all too big and too unregulated.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Well, that's wrong. They all collect data and telemetry on you.