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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    9 months ago

    Yeah they can really destroy my life with all my data of asking assistant how many cups are in a quart and how do giraffes swallow. Oh and they know I open Instagram 50 times a day, hope they don’t blackmail me.

    All they want to do is sell ads bro.

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      9 months ago

      If we’re talking about TikTok then the app has also been proven to collect the following data:

      Locations visited, Contacts, Message History, Clipboard, Call History, Provider Information, and Images Library.

      Which for many people is a bit more problematic because it could potentially leak all of the information needed to impersonate you and take control of your finances, spoof and pretend to be you, and a complete map of our military personnel and legislator’s lives, families, mistresses etc even if they themselves don’t use the app because apparently 150 Million Americans use it in their stead.