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The Cambridge Analytica scandal put Facebook through the wringer in recent weeks, losing the company $100 billion in stock value and prompting a global debate on internet privacy.
But amid all the furor, one monolithic entity has continued to harvest data from billions of people worldwide. The data gathered includes a precise log of your every move and every internet search you've ever made, every email you've ever sent, your workout routine, your favourite food, and every photo you've ever taken. And you have allowed it to happen to yourself, for the sake of better service and more relevant advertising.
Google is a 'Big Brother' with capabilities beyond George Orwell's wildest nightmares. These capabilities are all the more chilling after Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., cut its famous "don't be evil" line from its code of conduct in 2015.
Everything you've ever searched for on any of your devices is recorded and stored by Google. It's done to better predict your future searches and speed up and streamline your browsing. You can clear your search history, but it only works for that particular device. Google still keeps a record of everything. Click here to see everything you've ever searched on a Google device.
The NSA's backdoor was exposed. This will result in billions of dollars that you will end up having to pay in the form of higher prices in order for companies to "protect" your data...