Things Google knows about you

August 27, 2004 – 11:26 am |

Ever wondered what Google actually knows about you?

First
- Everything you search for using Google
- Every web page you visit that has Google Adsense ads on it
- Which country you’re in
- Every Blogger page you visit, and the referring page

If you have an Adsense account
- Your full name, address and bank account details
- The IP address of everyone who visits your pages with Adsense ads on them
- The number of visitors to each of your pages with Adsense ads on them

If you use a GMail account
- Who you send emails to
- Who sends emails to you
- The contents of those emails
- The contents of all emails received from any mailing lists of which you are a member, even if they are private mailing lists.

Even if you don’t use a GMail account
- The contents of any emails you send to anyone who does use a GMail account
- The contents of any emails you send to any mailing lists of which any one member uses a GMail account

If you’re a member of Orkut
- Your online social network, interests and groups

Pretty scary, huh?
I actually use all of the above Google services :P
Oh well, I don’t care, I’ve got nothing to hide.

[Via: HubLog]

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  • Roba

    3anjad it’s scary. Privacy is starting to become an abstract concept.
    Anyway, I’ve been trying to get a GMail account for a while, but I can’t figure out how to sign up. Are they letting people sign up?

  • MMM

    Privacy?
    I remember hearing about this concept in the past. Not sure what it means though now :P

    As for GMail, it’s still not open publically, it’s still invite-only for the time being.

  • http://www.gnuix.com/ammar Ammar Ibrahim

    Well, I Believe that google could control the world :) with the information the have!

    IT’s just a matter of time

  • Randy

    I have gmail and when I used first time that amazing google earth there was text above my house saying MY HOUSE. I never added my personal adress anywhere, but gmail. That

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