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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I am genuinely horrified to see how much data google collected from me (self.privacy)

submitted 9 months ago by sidgames5 to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] sidgames5 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I wish I could just delete it. I'm still figuring out things with nextcloud and I run a youtube channel so I can't do that yet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

If the only reason you’re keeping it is to make and post YouTube videos, it doesn’t sound like you wish you could delete it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@sidgames5 @trippingonthewire Is there a more privacy-friendly option (non-data siphoning) for video hosting?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Peer Tube

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You could create an Odysee channel perhaps, and try to migrate there. Then you're supporting competition.