Google has a lot less information on me than expected, which is a sigh of relief. The amount of search-engine information Google has compiled is shockingly sparse, almost to a point where I’m suspecting a glitch in the data-searching program or some pre-emptive measure I pulled years ago that escaped my memory. I’m guessing the former, since I’m certain Google tracks every search I’ve made while signed in. I haven’t deleted my search history in a while either, and I’m certain that information is never truly deleted, Google probably still archives that information elsewhere. Google still holds my Youtube search history, which doesn’t bother me since I don’t really have much to hide on my Youtube account. Google hold a significant amount of Ad Personalizations information as well but it’s all severely either outdated, circa-2012 information or erroneous information altogether. I’m not sure if these criteria are formatted around your Google search information or your Facebook info, as I have Adblock installed, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Google trades information with Facebook since the Ad Personalization information compiled seems more relevant to the stuff I posted on Facebook years ago rather than the stuff now. Regarding social media, I hardly ever use Facebook and I haven’t posted anything for years. Because I have Adblock on I have never been able to see what kinds of ads they play, but I have heard that Facebook tracks your online data and play ads that cater to your tastes based on your data. I have never owned an Apple product with Apple Maps active so Apple don’t have squat on me regarding location tracking, and I have only used Google Maps twice in inconspicuous circumstances. Google does know where I live now and my route from there to a friend’s place, but, again, it isn’t something I’ll lose sleep over considering my utter insignificance to everyone surrounding me and since I will be moving around in the near-future. I’m curious as to whether keeping the “location” option on on your smartphone allows Google to track your every move, because I do recall using it for Pokemon Go two summers ago. Although I’ve stated that I have never owned an Apple product with extensive location tracking, I’m curious as to whether Apple has location tracking via internet for all of their online devices. From what I’ve seen, I’m not too impressed with Google’s efforts in invading my online privacy, at least on the surface level. It could potentially be tracking my information when I go incognito on a separate browser, which would be a frightening prospect.
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