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Here. [1] I saved you $30 a year. [1] "Turn Web & App Activity on or off" https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/54068?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

• uo21tp5hoyg 5y ago
  Isn't this one of those sneaky "we'll still harvest your data we just won't save it to your account activity viewer" type deals?
  • VikingCoder 5y ago
    What evidence could I or anyone else offer that would convince you? I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm genuinely curious what you think could convince you. Perhaps you could get a job at Google and investigate the relevant code?
    • dmitriid 5y ago
      This came from documents unsealed in Google v. Oracle. Opting out of that doesn't mean Google stops tracking you. Only some parts of its machinery stop. Even Google's own employees have no idea which parts collect which data.
      • dmitriid 5y ago
        To all those downvoting, read yourselves https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/unredacted-suit-shows-googles-own-engineers-confused-by-privacy-settings/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/unredacted-suit-...
• dylan604 5y ago
  I'm not this does anything for privacy though. In my tin-foil hat mode, I think they take your data and use it how ever they want. If you have this enabled, they do these "local to you" type of things, and if it is disabled then it goes to the main search. However, that does not prevent them from saving that data linked to you in another table/database. It just means you no longer get the "benefit", but you never prevent Googs from benefiting.