How much does Google really know about you?

Google has an amazing array of data sucking free services out there.  Web search, Gmail email, Gphone, picasa, YouTube, web entry pages, etc… and finally they have released a way for you to get a taste of what they know about you.

Go to this site to see what google knows about you:

Google Dashboard

Here is the video directly from google:

Its hard not to be scared of the total amount of information they track.  NOTHING is free folks, they are tracking EVERYTHING.  The data goes FAR beyond search.  For this reason I will NOT use their phone service.  They already know enough.

I encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings to make sure you are clear about how and what is being tracked.

PS – you can bet BING and Facebook know & track this information too…

Check out this article for further insight.

Google Dashboard Knows Too Much

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One Response to How much does Google really know about you?

  1. [...] Disclaimer: ONLY issue we have, is the great power of information.  Is it REALLY the best idea to give google yet another avenue to collect our information?  Just a quick reminder to check about what Google knows about you and consider this before using the services: What does google know? [...]

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