How To Download The Data That Google Has Been Collecting On You
This random collection of information sometimes provides with amazing and personalized results.
The colourful search engine collects random information about your random searches and in many, it also collects data from your location and other interests so it can provide you with advertisements related to your interests.
This random collection of information sometimes provides with amazing and personalised results. While plenty of times, it is simply a strategy from Google to make money;even though the company does not sell you information directly to other parties, it has its ways.
If you are worried as to what information the tech giant is collecting about you and you want to analyse, these steps will help you download the information that Google has been collecting on you.
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Image Source: Google Takeout – Choose the Google products to include in your archive and configure the settings for each product. This archive will only be accessible to you
Go to https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout in your browser. You will see a wide variety of Google Services that the company offers and collects your information. The services are as diverse as Android Pay, Contacts, Chrome, Photos, and YouTube; even services such as Voice, Search, and Locations are kept in the log.
On the right hand side of the applications, you will see toggle buttons for the services. Check off all the applications and services from which you want to download data. Once you have made the selection, click ‘Next’ at the bottom.
Image Source: Google Takeout – Choose your archive’s file type and whether you want to download it or save it in the cloud.
Once you hit ‘Next’, it will drag you down to the Customise Archive Format section where it will show you the number of the services you have selected. It will then ask you for your ‘File Type’ such as .zip format or .tgz etc. Once you have made the selection, it will ask you to select the size of your ‘Archive Size’. If you select more than 2GB, it will split the data into many files so you can download large data with ease.
Once you finalize the amount of data you want to download, the final step would be to select the ‘Delivery Method’, which provides you with two options: send a download link via email or add the files to Dropbox, Google Drive, or Microsoft OneDrive account. Remember, if you select the email option you will only have that data valid for seven days after which it will expire.
Image Source: Google Takeout – An archive of 27 products is currently being prepared Please note that archives may take a long time (hours or possibly days) to create. You will receive an email when your archive is complete – is the message presented to the users when they create the archive.
Once you are ready, hit ‘Create Archive’. Building the archive can take quite a while, from minutes to days, but Google will send you an email once it’s ready. If you want to view the files, just extract the .zip file on your computer using WinRAR and browse freely.
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I can guarantee they have video of me pooping somewhere
And probably also doing something else...
Wow, I had no idea you could do that. Let's see what I've been up to lately....lol
Well, that's only for google, but you have a lot of other apps on your smartphone collecting tons of info about you.
Yeah, I'm usually pretty careful about that. I don't care how much friends beg me to install something, if it has permissions it shouldn't, I won't install it--even then that isn't a guarantee. Pretty much have to become a hermit to stop it entirely though. I beg my dad to drop Facebook, that beast is a nightmare, but he is incredibly addicted and his time just evaporates away as soon as he gets home from work.
I just wonder about what windows, amazon, and the rest are collecting. Steemit is a pretty amazing platform. My mind is blowing in slow motion still. lol
Free is never free. At least on Steemit you are paid for your time and ideas.
Thanks for the info. Ever since the internet technology, everything is on the radar creating a breach in your privacy.
Very true.
I guess incognito is also crap. They now know my porn fetish. Damn!
Well, it's not really Google's fault, they can't hide your ip, so porn sites try to collect every bit of info about you and when you revisit their site, they know exactly what you want ;)
Incognito just prevents stuff from being saved on your computer about your adventures.
The guy at your ISP is saying "he's at it again with the donkey show." lol. jk.
One of those VPN services would stop that, but your bandwidth might suck unless you got a good one.
This is just one of the many things I love about crypto and what it's doing to the minds of millions. People are now starting to pay attention because they don't want their money to disappear over night. These data collection programs have been going on for years though. You'll be a fool to believe that they ever delete this information or not share it with governments. Thanks for the info.
Eric Schmidt, the CEO of google was a former US government employee. In Julian Assange's book "When Google met Wikileaks", Assange explains very explicitly that Eric is still working for the US government and pushing their agenda through Google.