2/28/2024 0 Comments My history on google![]() To recap, it's up to you if you want to store data or not. This also explains a fast way to delete the last 15 minutes if you use the Google iOS or Android app (helpful if you for some reason share your device with someone). This is a more visual guide to privacy settings with Google. This page explains more about delete options, including auto-deleting. You can also have it automatically deleted after set periods of time (such as anything older than three months). You can delete some or all of it at any time. If you're signed-in, yes, data is probably stored to your account. ![]() They picked a few random dots that had been in the NYC mayor's office during the day, tracked the location data until it stopped for a few hours at night.įrom there, they could use address data from those pesky data broker sites to identify who lived at those addresses and match them to aides to the mayor. They bought a trove of it and tried to track down individuals based only on data that was supposedly not tied to anyone. This was actually a key tactic the NYT used a few years ago in an article on anonymized location data. Boom, rough estimation of how long you've been asleep. You might set an alarm, put your phone on the charger, not pick it up for 8 hours (when your average time between pickups is, say, 17 minutes), and then turn off your alarm in the morning. Think about your behavior when going to bed. That means they need to be close to our beds. Sleep habits are fairly easy to predict given that most of us use our phones as our alarm clocks now. which you can see the bulk of on your Google dashboard without needing to download your Takeout. Everything else I kinda expected to be there: google search histories, YouTube comments, etc. This was just one mildly surprising thing that stood out for me when I went thru my Takeout archive. So your phone is "always recording", it just may not be "always uploading" until the Assistant thinks you've asked a question and it sends the whole thing up. This may be true (in that they don't send the recording over the Internet), but when you do say the wake word and proceed to ask it a question the whole entire recording (including the wake word) is there. They say the "Hey Google" is just the wake word and they don't begin recording until after the phone hears it. mp3 files of your voice asking all the random dumb questions you've asked (and sometimes, recordings of false positives when the Assistant thought you said the wake word and it records 30 seconds of passive background noise). If you've used the Google Assistant voice commands there'll be a folder full of. Go on Google Takeout: and grab your export and have a look around. They also have your voice assistant recordings, including the words "Hey Google" you say to activate them. Orgīuilding the global movement for the protection of privacy. Related Subreddits:Ĭonsider donating to one of the organizations that fight for your rights. u/blackhawk_12 Subreddit Rules and Wikiīefore posting in /r/privacy, read the Sidebar Rules.Įnjoy our Wiki! It has all sorts of nifty advice and explains most topics you’re interested in if you’re reading this. "I don't have anything to hide but I don't have anything I want to show you either" ![]() Dedicated to the intersection of technology, privacy, and freedom in the digital world.
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