> Google might know a lot about you but they have never exposed that to third party apps It depends on what you mean by exposed. In the context of Cow Clicker

> Google might know a lot about you but they have never exposed that to third party apps It depends on what you mean by exposed. In the context of Cow Clicker (or even the CA stuff) the data wasn't really exposed, it was shared. Google shares your private data all the time. Ex 1. Google+ APIs. Ex 2. Android APIs. Ex 3. Gmail API. Allowing app developers access to information about a user is standard procedure (because otherwise apps would be terrible). Many of these platforms (Android, Facebook, etc.) have, over time, tightened up the access to this information.