How Google Tracks Everything You Do and How to Stop It
Video Overview & Insights
Google logged nearly 24,000 interactions with me in a single month.
>knows everything and could probably track you down to the centimeter
>still asks if you're a robot
Every search. Every map route. Every YouTube video. Every document edit. Every app download.
In this video, we'll break down the real machinery behind Googleโs tracking empire, including the hidden systems most people never hear about. Not just personalized ads, but ad auctions that broadcast your location and identity data hundreds of times a day, government requests that can access account metadata without a warrant, and the growing role AI plays in turning your emails, searches, photos, and documents into training material.
Google tracking
We'll walk through six major Google services and show exactly what each one collects, why Google wants it, and where that information can ultimately end up.
We also cover practical steps you can take right now to reduce what Google collects, including privacy settings, auto delete tools, alternative services, and the tradeoffs that come with trying to reclaim some privacy online.
When does your browser come out?
Google became the infrastructure of the modern internet, and much of that infrastructure is designed to watch you.
So what is your data worth to Google? Find out: https://proton.me/blog/what-is-your-data-worth-to-google
I give a shit about it๐ . From decades company's are gathering our data ,nothing new. And I still live my life ,just sometimes some strange number is calling to me ๐ .
Google killed Privacy Sandbox. So what? https://proton.me/blog/privacy-sandbox-dead
https://substack.com/@protonprivacy/note/p-194499648?r=39n0q0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Good that somebody does ๐๐คท
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When I protect myself.. should I do it to every device I have or just the computer?
Our websites https://proton.me/ and https://protonvpn.com/
This channel https://www.youtube.com/@ProtonPrivacy?sub_confirmation=1
How do we know a few screen clicks actually stops it?
Our Guides & Updates channel https://www.youtube.com/@ProtonAG
X https://x.com/protonprivacy
I wonder if one day in the future all of this data gathered will be available for our heirs, or be publicly available, who knows.
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/protonprivacy
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/protonprivacy/
I must have missed the "and How to Stop It" part.
00:00 Intro
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00:28 The Fish Bowls
01:10 Google Search
I just started watching the video, I dont mean this as an insult, but i'm so tired that I didnt even noticed the video was rolling bc your voice reminded me of those new AI site creators adds๐ญ
02:02 Google Chrome
03:08 YouTube
I use like 2/6 of these services fortunately
04:29 Gmail
06:00 Maps
How? They own the servers
How to stop it? Don't use google.
It's not rocket science.
07:17 Google Docs
07:33 The Future
I go typically go onto incognito mode whenever i do a google search. I am aware that does practically nothing, but whatever. Recently, they have started to make me do a captcha EVERY TIME i do an incognito search, as if it is to reroute me back to normal mode, or just to track the slightest bit more data. It is honestly really annoying and i blamed it on my bad internet but i dont think that is what is going on here
More User Perspectives
Iโm deleting google everything today!
@RoseyFuture6:01 I like how here didnโt show just their products but also others
@3O3entity3O3at this point they are not spying anymore, i'm just straight up giving them info
@lejaudwhy is the background noise so loud and messy? it makes it difficult for me to focus on what is said
@ndorphelineWhy would I stop it?
@nonstopbisoni will never understand this idea of someone (big techs) collecting data is seeing like something evil or wrong. you use terms as โspyโ as โsurveillanceโโฆ.
whereโs the evil in this??
they track our information so they can suggest advertising on things we are interested to, they can suggest video on topics we are interestered to, they can offer us a better service!
where is the evil?? where is the wrong??
they know how many time i enterd youtube; they know what videos i watched; they know how many time i entered google and what do i search on it; they know how many emails iโve send, and to whoโฆ
so whaaaaattt?? WHERE IS THE EVIL??
they use my information to train their AI modelsโฆ
so?? so AI can improve even more and can give me and everyone else better service!!! ๐คทโโ๏ธ
you are so focused in searching evil everywhere that youโre not even distinguish anymore if something is made FOR us, or AGAINST us!!! ๐คทโโ๏ธ
I haven't seen an ad for years
@BromideBrideApple is Pride.
Nvidia is Envy.
Microsoft is Sloth.
X is Wrath.
Alphabet/Google is Gluttony.
Meta is Lust.
Amazon is Greed.
You're welcome
nobody talks about this, but every photo you take is analyzed for content so they can send you ads. right from your camera, not even just when you upload it to the cloud or whatever
@23YYZi cant do the gmail part, i simply dont have these settings, only general ones. P.S. i'm on phone
@enry99I use google services every day all day, i pay with my privacy and i like the custom ads.
Next.
the A.I as a military logic , that s why the A.i must go on and on , more and more , because stoping IT would be ( for the Complex militaro industrial ) in many countries , like loosing the war . The war paranoia ( justified ) the military race that , can t stop . Its a vicious cercle without END ! The A.I become the center of human intelligence futur , and many peoples will says YES to IT ! ... I don t know how to stop IT ? It s like a slow tsunami comming to us .
@pierrebrunet2284Thatโs why I switched to Proton Mail. I also use VPN and I donโt mind paying for privacy.
@Windjammer712I couldnt find a single example of what to turn off in the google settings. you didnt tell us where to go, you didnt tell us what section its in. I type in verbatim "improve search suggestions" or "search suggestions" or "search" and literally cant find anything like what you show on your screen.
Whats the point of making a video like this if we cant even do what youre telling us to do?
You can click that stuff off in settings but Google ignores that and continues to track it.
@kpec3Google collecting my data for years to show ads im not interested in:
@BraszasGhaztovichYou can't stop nothing.
Just turning things on/off and a few checkboxes won't do nothing.
Love Proton!!! Very very good service, thanks for being good guys!
@lilEvieWonderWatching this on a Google Pixel, as an cyber security Hobbyist. God damn i feel fucked.
@MoneyLaunderingGandalfWe need a decent YouTube competitor, everything else can be replaced. There must be an alternative to Google Analytics to do stats.
@MrThebigcheese75I spy back. They dont post a hardware announcement without hearing from me. They remotely disabled my hardware so I remind potential buyers every time they post anything
@weegeeweegGoogle's algorithm must be faulty because it thinks I'll be fooled by scam ads, judging by the number I'm shown on YouTube anyway.
@meme2287I think unless people stop using Android or iOS they(we) it will be impossible to completely remove it.
@ANREWTROFIMOVI hate chrome
@murdockmcgyverfulThis is just wrong
@murdockmcgyverfulI spent the better part of a decade feeding google a bunch of shit on my identity. Worked like a charm. ๐คฃ
Are you sure Google isnt just a government shell company? That would make the most sense.. occams razon and all...
I've nothing to hide, nothing to fear...until you can't get insurance, charged more for the same service, can't get a job because of a social media comment...morons.
@gloryfiedrebelBut ive never gotten a ad that actually made me want to buy a product, they all suck, are they not tracking me or I research alot of random crap idk๐
@lula1626I use proton
@robloxplayer-qd5etIn my case, I've been to half a dozen job interviews at google and Youtube and I'm a big Tech enthusiast, so I'll do Anything Google wants.... ๐๐ If google wants my first born, they can have him!!!๐ถ
@LuisMendoza-pp9qiYouTube puts me in group of people with dementia, recommending what I watched week ago over and over
@rvreqTheSheepo๐ Gets interesting when You get older... Dump All Contacts... Friends & Businesses... Do ZERO Banking or Use Their Apps... Happy Hunting for what??? ๐
@bobsfanjoy6569Iโm convinced that these types of videos are for criminals and Americans, who are seemingly programmed to be paranoid. Turning off these options will not stop surveillance. Time and time again, companies are being found out for still stalking users despite disabling settings. Follow the laws and youโll be fine.
@Kay.M-g6jWhat if Google wants me to watch this video and recommend me
@gohulakrishnan1805Two points. Many people blab personal stuff on public sites. We've had targeted ads for a hundred years. Plus, Google provides way more productive freebies than Apple, Microsoft and IBM combined. Relax.
@ken.matinale