For as long as you’ve been using Google, Google has been building a “citizen profile” on you.
- Your age
- Your income
- Your gender
- Your parental status
- Your relationship status
- Your browsing history (long-term and short-term)
- Your device (phone, tablet, desktop, TV)
- Your physical location
- The age of your child (toddler, infant, etc.)
- How well you did in high school
- The degree you hold
- The time (of day) of your Google usage
- The language you speak
- Whether you’ve just had a major life event
- Your home ownership status
- Your mobile carrier
- The exact words you enter into Google search
- The context and topics of the websites you visit
- The products you buy
- The products you have almost bought
- Your Wi-Fi type
- Your proximity to a cell tower
- Your app installation history
- The amount of time you spend on certain apps
- Your operating system
- The contents of your email
- The time you spend on certain websites
- Whether you’re moving (e.g., into a new home)
- Whether you’re moving (e.g., walking or on a train)
Despite the surveillance bleeding into nearly every aspect of our lives, there’s little information available to the public about what’s really going on.
People tell Google things they confess nowhere else — not to their spouses, doctors, or shrinks.

Patrick Berlinquette

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