This thread went viral because it really did freak people out
16.
16. Side-note, if you have Windows 10 installed, this is a picture of JUST the privacy options with 16 different sub-menus, which have all of the options enabled by default when you install Windows 10 pic.twitter.com/oHyfYndTnJ
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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17. This includes tracking where you are, what applications you have installed, when you use them, what you use them for, access to your webcam and microphone at any time, your contacts, your e-mails, your calendar, your call history, the messages you send and receive…
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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18. The files you download, the games you play, your photos and videos, your music, your search history, your browsing history, even what RADIO stations you listen to
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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19. This is one of the craziest things about the modern age, we would never let the government or a corporation put cameras/microphones in our homes or location trackers on us, but we just went ahead and did it ourselves because fuck it I want to watch cute dog videos
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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20. I got the Google Takeout document with all my information, and this is a breakdown of all the different ways they get your information pic.twitter.com/mPAbyh1I9k
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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21. Here’s the search history document, which has 90,000 different entries, even showing the images I downloaded and the websites I accessed (I showed ThePirateBay section to show much damage this information can do) pic.twitter.com/rZJhJjSe2t
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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22. Here’s my Google Calendar broken down, showing all the events I’ve ever added, whether I actually attended them, and what time I attended them at (this part is what I went for an interview for a Marketing job, and what time I arrived at) pic.twitter.com/mpB7NpLVzT
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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23. This is my Google Drive, which includes files I EXPLICITLY deleted including my resume, my monthly budget, and all the code, files, and websites I’ve ever made, and even my PGP private key, which I deleted, which I use to encrypt e-mails pic.twitter.com/UpfUNTD6yR
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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24. This is my Google Fit, which shows all of the steps I’ve ever taken, any time I walked anywhere, and all the times I’ve recorded any meditation/yoga/workouts I’ve done (I deleted this information and revoked Google Fit’s permissions) pic.twitter.com/mAYmk8zxwR
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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25. This is all the photos ever taken with my phone, broken down by year, and includes metadata of when and where I took the photos pic.twitter.com/hBuClVijZv
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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26. Every e-mail I’ve ever sent, that’s been sent to me, including the ones I deleted or were categorised as spam pic.twitter.com/mbUOlu6KXN
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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27. And now my Google Activity, this has thousands of files, so I’ll just do a short summary of what they have pic.twitter.com/jucdjpQAVY
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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28. Firstly every Google Ad I’ve ever viewed or clicked on, every app I’ve ever launched or used and when I did it, every website I’ve ever visited and what time I did it at, and every app I’ve ever installed or searched for pic.twitter.com/DcMdnbzuC6
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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29. Every image I’ve ever searched for and saved, every location I’ve ever searched for or clicked on, every news article I’ve ever searched for or read, and EVERY SINGLE google search I’ve made since 2009 pic.twitter.com/xPOK8h3qej
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
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30. And then finally, every YouTube video I’ve ever searched for or viewed, since 2008 pic.twitter.com/0F1Lcwp2FS
— Dylan Curran (@iamdylancurran) March 24, 2018
Phew. Anyone fancy a pint?
