Google and all your data are belong to us

[LiE]

I have disabled Web & App activity, so I presume that means Google doesn't save my history of websites against my account. They still see the data when I go to the website, but they don't save it?

The other thing I have heard but cannot verify is that Google scans your photos you load and use that to build data, I don't see any of that in the activity either to disable.

 

[Rainmaker]

Thanks mate - it looks ever so slightly dodgy though? I like the way DuckDuckGo is designed, believe they also use Google?

Dodgy? lol... Did you scroll down and read it? They've been running since 2006, have a privacy certificate from the EU body overseeing data protection and are registered with the Dutch DPA. Edward Snowden also recommends them. They're definitely not dodgy. DDG uses its own in-house search engine mate. I use them also, but for those times you want Google, Startpage is the one.

 

[itchy]

"Algorithmic software" - do you have any idea what you're talking about

Algorithmic software to detect keyloggers, dendritic cell algorithm (DCA).

Its complex but as I say anything can be hacked.

 

[englishpremier]

I would be interested to see a poll based on your opinion on whether you're bothered about your data being collected, and your age.

Sweeping generalisation, but i would actually bet that this is mostly a generational thing and those of an older generation are a bit more sceptical when it comes to collecting data and what it's used for.

It's the opposite. Millennials don't care too much. Gen Z do hence whisper and Snapchat popularity.

 

[wildman]

Seems like a very specific and extremely unlikely situation. Then there's the simple fact you are an innocent bystander.

mug....

governments never let something like innocence get in the way of locking / torturing someone up.

 

[LiE]

mug....

governments never let something like innocence get in the way of locking / torturing someone up.

 

[arknor]

Simple question really.

Why are so many people bothered that Google track/mine you for data?

if there making money with my data I want my cut!

 

[LiE]

if there making money with my data I want my cut!

The only reason they would have your data is because you use their services, which are free.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Simple question really.

Why are so many people bothered that Google track/mine you for data?

The people in the house over the road I'm sure they have a camera filming me/everyone through the windows.

Still I've got nothing to hide eh? My underwear is clean.

 

[LiE]

So I've had all my activity controls enabled, and I'm still alive. I haven't been blackmailed by Google or hacked by Russians who will expose me for visiting OcUK 20 times a day.

@Syla5 this thread may be interesting read.