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Google Dashboard
- zck 17y agoCurrently (12:20 AM EST) my google account (https://www.google.com/accounts/ https://www.google.com/accounts/) has the link to Dashboard (https://www.google.com/dashboard https://www.google.com/dashboard), but the resulting page is a 404.
- mey 17y agoSeeing the same thing.
- rortest1 17y agoTest comment
- pmorici 17y agoIt's working for me, much of the information is wrong though. It lists that I've made 2 blog entries when I've really made 4. It says I have two associated email addresses when I really have 3. It says I'm sharing 1 Orkut photo album with the world, I've never used Orkut. Maybe these numbers are just estimates?
- Osmose 17y ago'It's a long answer to the question: "What does Google know about me?"' Short Answer: Probably too much.
- mcdowall 17y agoIndeed! My Docs, Calender, Mail, youtube details, my web history at work & home(I Use Chrome), analytics for my sites, checkout for my payments, adwords for...well my advertising. I think I forgot how reliant I am upon Google.
- ALee 17y agoThat's the price you pay for great free software. At least the ads actually relate to you.
- jsz0 17y agoIsn't that what iGoogle is for? Google is starting to confuse me.
- pc 17y agoIt may be poorly named, but they're completely different. iGoogle is a custom homepage. Dashboard is a summary of the personal information about you that they store.
- jlees 17y agoDashboard isn't a great name for this, but it's probably better than "Google 0wnz0r j00r s0ul", which is what I'd have called it. On a more serious note, this doesn't take into account the shedloads of information stored within a Google account, or accessible with that account information in other sites. Be wary of complacency - oh, that's all Google have stored with this account? - as previous HN threads have made me realise, Google pretty much does control my soul at this point. Organise the world's information? One person-bit at a time.
- pavs 17y agoStop whining. Don't use Google. End of story. Its not like they force you to use their proprietary platform and charges you a boat load of money. Its not like there are no alternatives.
- lupin_sansei 17y ago> Google pretty much does control my soul at this point No, you gave it to Google when you started voluntarily using their service.
- ror 17y agotest
- bjelkeman-again 17y agoIs there any other online service which tries to tell as much as they can about you like this? I think it is good work. However, there is lots of information missing. But they do acknowledge this. Check out the "Is this everything" link at the bottom of the page. "In a nutshell? Not yet." They also say, There are other kinds of data that Google records when you use its services, but which are not associated with your Google Account. To protect your privacy, that data is intentionally kept separate from your Google Account and thus is not visible on this page. Here are a few examples: Server logs Cookies Interest-based advertising No information about what is coming next, but I think that this is better than any other online service (that I know of). I am sure they could do better, but I think this is showing they are working on it. I don't use Gmail, Calendar (much) and a host of other services which they offer, as I think they have more than enough information about me already.
- the_real_r2d2 17y agoI used to check some of this information on "Account Settings" but this is much more complete.