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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 (lemmy.zip)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] 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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

That's why I'm still in doubt wether to use my fingerprint to unlock my phone. Would be convenient, but where is it stored, who can access it?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Stored locally

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

are you sure about that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I don't see how your fingerprint could be used for advertising

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Anybody with access to your finger, which means they don't need you to be conscious or even alive to access your phone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Smart for many reasons as people listed here. Your fourth amendment rights to your phone also go out the window when you use biometrics like fingerprint. PIN/password is protected, fingerprint/face scan is not. Backwards world we're in, huh?