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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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[–] SharkAttak@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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?

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Stored locally

[–] rhebucks-zh@incremental.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

are you sure about that?

[–] Fisch@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

I don't see how your fingerprint could be used for advertising

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Needing a password/pattern instead makes them want to keep you alive tho. Good opsec.

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thats kinda fucked up. So you dont mind if all the conversations with your friends get published publicly?

You're not a good friend.

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

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

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

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

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Maybe that's my kink

[–] ChallengeApathy@infosec.pub 3 points 9 months 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?