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How to download a copy of everything Google knows about you
CNBC ^ | 30-Mar-2018 | Todd Haselton

Posted on 03/30/2018 8:37:44 AM PDT by ptsal

If you use Google services, there's a really easy way to download everything you have stored on the company's servers.

This is particularly important if you ever decide to quit Google and delete your account entirely, but still want a record of your Google Calendar, an archive of the pictures in Google Photos or a copy of everything in Gmail. It's also useful if you want a reminder of everything Google knows about you.

We already showed you how to download a copy of everything Facebook knows about you. Now here's how to download an archive of your footprint on Google.

A reminder: downloading your data doesn't delete it. Think of it as a backup.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: evil; google; googlesurveillance; personal; profile
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Bears repeating....A reminder: downloading your data doesn't delete it. Think of it as a backup.

Everything that Google knows about you. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/30/how-to-download-google-chrome-youtube-data.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/29/how-to-download-a-copy-of-everything-google-knows-about-you.html

1 posted on 03/30/2018 8:37:44 AM PDT by ptsal
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Google and Eric Schmidt know all....


2 posted on 03/30/2018 8:38:47 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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I think a more accurate description is, this is what Google has on you, that they are willing to show you at this time.


3 posted on 03/30/2018 8:40:03 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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Like a freeper said yesterday...maybe Google has his lost pictures of his son? It’s like a big backup of EVERYTHING you’ve ever asked, posted, saved, sent, received, etc.


4 posted on 03/30/2018 8:42:48 AM PDT by goodnesswins (There were 1.41 MILLION NON Profit orgs in 2013 with $1.73 TRILLION in REVENUE)
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Bump for later.


5 posted on 03/30/2018 8:42:55 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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I don’t want to bog down the servers at work...


6 posted on 03/30/2018 8:44:19 AM PDT by null and void ("We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?" ~ Joseph Stalin)
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Sounds interesting...


7 posted on 03/30/2018 8:46:13 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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"???...so I guess they know about Sasha and Lori, the twin calicoes that hang out behind the fish and chip joint"

8 posted on 03/30/2018 8:46:54 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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I don't want to know. I've used practically all of the G services over the years, so I assume it's 100% coverage.

I made an attempt a few years to confuse some of the trail, but I eventually gave up and learned to love Big Brother.

Now, I happily engage the interwebs without a care. Maybe it is true that it's easier hiding in plain sight?

9 posted on 03/30/2018 8:51:59 AM PDT by semantic (u)
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I know this was an absolute shock to me. If you use gmail, try it as well to give a sense of the depth of this issue.

Pick out some random email that you deleted a long time ago, such as a notice of a utility bill or credit card bill.

Then, use the gmail search function and search for that email item.

If you get regular bills, or emails, from this place you will then see that Google displays - at least in all my cases - many, many emails that I deleted long ago, including emptying the “trash”.

Yeah, Google knows everything.


10 posted on 03/30/2018 8:52:43 AM PDT by Obadiah (Truth is hate speech to those who hate truth.)
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11 posted on 03/30/2018 8:54:59 AM PDT by Dacula
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“I don’t want to know. I’ve used practically all of the G services over the years, so I assume it’s 100% coverage..........”
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12 posted on 03/30/2018 8:56:42 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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They had 148 GIGS of information on this guys? WTF???


13 posted on 03/30/2018 8:57:50 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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Google and Eric Schmidt know all....

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pshaw. They know nothing compared to the fine folks at the NSA.

(Hi guys! Happy Friday!)


14 posted on 03/30/2018 8:58:03 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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Bookmark


15 posted on 03/30/2018 8:58:48 AM PDT by Eagles6
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To: semantic
Now, I happily engage the interwebs without a care. Maybe it is true that it's easier hiding in plain sight?

Good point - looking like you're trying to hide is probably a red flag to those searching for hidden stragglers.

16 posted on 03/30/2018 9:13:36 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Morning Joe and his Smiling Sycophants"... for times when only 'creepy' satisfies...)
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To: Obadiah

In Europe, “The Right to Disappear” is a trending meme, and a growing political topic.

It’s not an unreasonable thing to ask.

There’s a saying, “I don’t pay for prostitutes to stay with me. I pay them so that they leave in the morning.”

I think I’d be willing to pay in exchange for them deleting it all. From there, you let competition do the job of cramming the price down.


17 posted on 03/30/2018 9:13:47 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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bookmark


18 posted on 03/30/2018 9:17:04 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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I am willing to bet that even if you don’t use google services that they keep a file on you.


19 posted on 03/30/2018 9:20:01 AM PDT by Revel
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20 posted on 03/30/2018 9:32:51 AM PDT by bitt (The first to squeal gets the best deal.)
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