Google and privacy

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Google and privacy

Google has a very very bad record when it comes to user privacy. (I could go on and on with evidence of this, but it took a long time to find and go through all these articles)

No matter what you do, when you are using Google, all of your sensitive personal data is being sent to Google and others. Google has also been spotted going through open programs. For example, from personal experience (on Firefox) with a YouTube tab open that I didn't visit, I watched several videos offline (VLC Media Player) Later when I went to check the recommendations, it was nearly everything that I had watched. There is no doubt they are spying on other programs too.

In Google Chrome (and many other browsers) an incognito mode is present. In Google Chrome, this mode is pointless, as Google will still mine your data. Even if you turn data mining/tracking off, and enable the "do not track" signal, surprise suprise, Google is still mining your data.

Using DuckDuckGo to protect your privacy on Google only helps for what you search, but Google will still mine your data, so it isn't as effective.

Sources

A copy of the above sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)

https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/

https://www.wired.com/2012/06/opinion-google-is-evil/

https://securitygladiators.com/chrome-privacy-bad/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/goodbye-google-why-and-how-to-take-back-your-privacy/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/28/all-the-data-facebook-google-has-on-you-privacy/

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/21/21146998/google-new-mexico-children-privacy-school-chromebook-lawsuit

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/dont-play-googles-privacy-sandbox-1

https://money.cnn.com/2017/10/11/technology/google-home-mini-security-flaw/index.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-googles-spying-on-use_b_3530296

https://medium.com/digiprivacy/i-stopped-using-google-as-my-search-engine-heres-why-7a3a1b4fef81

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/05/fitbit-google-acquisition-health-data

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3128791/how-google-homes-always-on-will-affect-privacy.html

https://protonmail.com/blog/google-privacy-problem/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/02/23/google-chrome-80-upgrade-deep-linking-update-chrome-browser/

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/duckduckgo-google-alternative-search-privacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument#Criticism

https://spreadprivacy.com/three-reasons-why-the-nothing-to-hide-argument-is-flawed/

https://eduzaurus.com/free-essay-samples/nothing-to-hide-argument-has-nothing-to-say/

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/google-collects-a-frightening-amount-of-data-about-you-you-can-find-and-delete-it-now/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/google-sells-future-powered-your-personal-data-n870501

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/google-says-it-doesnt-sell-your-data-heres-how-company-shares-monetizes-and

https://www.wired.com/story/google-tracks-you-privacy/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/28/all-the-data-facebook-google-has-on-you-privacy

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5743829/Googles-vision-TOTAL-data-collection-revealed.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-privacy-lawsuit-idUSKBN23933H

https://www.wired.com/story/health-fitness-data-privacy/

https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-sued-over-kids-data-collection-on-education-chromebooks

https://mashable.com/article/google-android-data-collection-study/

https://www.engadget.com/australian-government-google-data-collection-lawsuit-182043643.html

https://www.maketecheasier.com/studyandroid-data-google-ios-apple/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/23/never-googlers-web-users-take-ultimate-step-guard-their-data/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/12/business/google-project-nightingale-ascension/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Google_data_breach

https://moz.com/blog/where-does-google-draw-the-data-collection-line

https://mashable.com/article/google-android-data-collection-study/

https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2020/06/google-sued-over-data-collection-from-users-in-incognito-mode/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/technology/google-europe-gdpr-fine.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-30/google-sued-over-data-claims-on-behalf-of-5-million-iphone-users

https://time.com/23782/google-flu-trends-big-data-problems/

https://www.reuters.com/article/dataprivacy-googleyoutube-kidsdata-idUSL1N2J306W

https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/google-is-collecting-your-data-even-when-your-phone-isnt-in-use/

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2914838/project-fi-will-help-google-amass-even-more-data-about-you.html

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/privacy/google-says-class-action-lawsuit-plaintiffs-consented-to-data-collection/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/what-google-can-really-do-with-nest-or-really-nests-data/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-education-spies-on-collects-data-on-millions-of-kids-alleges-lawsuit-new-mexico-attorney-general/

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/the-student-data-mining-scandal-under-our-noses/

https://www.wired.com/insights/2012/10/google-opt-out/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/technology/google-youtube-fine-ftc.html

https://medium.com/@hansdezwart/during-world-war-ii-we-did-have-something-to-hide-40689565c550

https://medium.com/digitalprivacywise/why-you-should-stop-using-google-chrome-6c934c9a827c

More sources coming soon, this article is a stub and needs to be expanded.

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