Gmail
- What stores I shop at and how much I spend at each
- What credit cards I have/Which banks I use
- Who my friends are
- When I will not be home (from my flight confirmation emails)
- How much I spend on gifts and for whom
- Any social network acct I have and access to them
- Any web app I signed up
Google Calendar
- My social calendar : when I meet up with my friends, what we tend to do
- My work calendar : what my meetings are about (if I use outlook sync)
- My personal appointments (doctor visits, waxing, haircut, massage appointments)
Google Reader
- Blogs I read
- Blogs I pretend to read by subscribing but not actually reading
- Blogs I deem important enough to share with others
- My guilty pleasure blogs (blogs that I never share but read 100% of the posts)
- Content type I love
- Which friends’ shared items get my attention
- The fact that I am an occasional insomniac (from the hours I use GoogleReader)
Web History (Google.com)
- Basically every web search I made
Google Maps
- Knows my home address and my office address
- Any new place I look up directions for
- Any road trip I plan
- My commute hours from my live traffic searches
Google Profile
- Knows my real name
- Knows where I work
- Knows what I do for a living
There’s probably even more that I don’t realize. Isn’t it terrifying? What else does Google know about me? About you?
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