I created a google takeout and in that zip file I found some files containing a ton of data about me. It has logged every single page I visited while using the google search engine and chrome browser. It even logged every single time I opened an app on my old android phone. It even has VOICE RECORDINGS of me and a log of every time I used google assistant. This is just some of the data and I’m very sure there is even more data they have.

  • SharkAttak@kbin.social
    7·
    10 months ago

    That’s why I’m still in doubt wether to use my fingerprint to unlock my phone. Would be convenient, but where is it stored, who can access it?

    • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
      81·
      10 months ago

      Anybody with access to your finger, which means they don’t need you to be conscious or even alive to access your phone.

      • Tak@lemmy.ml
        6·
        10 months ago

        If they have me dead or unconscious my phone is the least of my concerns.

          • Tak@lemmy.ml
            3·
            10 months ago

            Totally. I’m not saying it’s better security just that in a situation like that I’m not really worried about what’s going on with my phone.

            • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
              2·
              10 months ago

              The suspect was later arrested in possession of a severed finger and a dank porn stash on the victims mobile phone

        • SharkAttak@kbin.social
          3·
          10 months ago

          Depends if you wanna be remembered as John Smith instead of “Ah Yeah, John Smith the furry midget lover”

    • Archon of the Valley@infosec.pubEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Smart for many reasons as people listed here. Your fourth amendment rights to your phone also go out the window when you use biometrics like fingerprint. PIN/password is protected, fingerprint/face scan is not. Backwards world we’re in, huh?