links that every Google user should
know about.
1. Google stores a list of usernames
and passwords that you have typed in
Google Chrome or Android for logging
into various websites. They've a
website too where you can view all
these passwords.
https://passwords.google.com
2. Google creates a profile of yourself
based on the sites you visit, your
Google+ account and other signals.
They try to guess your age, gender and
interests and then use this data to
serve you more relevant ads. Use this
URL to know how Google sees you on
the web.
https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
3. Google lets you export all your data
out of the Google ecosystem. You can
download your Google Photos,
contacts, Gmail messages and even
your YouTube videos. Head over the
the Takeout page to grab the
download links.
https://www.google.com/takeout
4. If you ever find your content
appearing on another website that is
using one or more Google products –
say Blogger, AdSense, Google+ or
YouTube – you can raise a DMCA
complaint with Google against that
site to get that content removed. This
wizard can also be used to remove
websites from Google search results
that are scraping your content.
https://support.google.com/legal
5. Your Android device may be
reporting your recent location data
and velocity (are you moving and if
yes, how fast are you moving) back to
Google servers. Head over to the
Google Maps website to see your entire
location history and you also have the
option to export this data as KML files
that can be viewed inside Google Earth
or even Google Drive.
https://maps.google.com/locationhistory
6. Create a new Google Account using
your existing email address. The
regular sign-up process uses your
@gmail.com address as your Google
account username but with this
special URL, you can use any other
email address as your username.
https://accounts.google.com/SignUpWithoutGmail
7. Google and YouTube record every
search term that you've ever typed or
spoken into their search boxes. They
even keep a log of every Google ad
that you have clicked on various
websites, every YouTube video you've
watched and, if you are a Google Now
user, you can also see a log of all your
audio search queries. OK Google.
https://history.google.com
https://history.google.com/history/audio
https://www.youtube.com/feed/history
8. You need to login to your Gmail
account at least once every 9 months
else Google may terminate your
account according to their program
policies. This can be an issue if you
have multiple Gmail accounts so as a
workaround, you can setup your main
Gmail account as the trusted
contact for your secondary accounts.
Thus Google will keep sending you
reminders every few months to login
to your other accounts.
https://www.google.com/settings/account/inactive
9. Worried that someone else is using
your Google account. Open the activity
report to see a log of every device that
has recently been used to log into your
Google account. You also get to know
the I.P. Address and their approximate
geographic location. Unfortunately,
you can't remotely log out of a Google
session.
https://security.google.com/settings/security/activity
10. This is a complete list of web apps,
browser extensions, Google Scripts and
mobile apps that have any read or
write access to your Google data. If the
permission level says "access to basic
account info", it basically means that
you have used your Google account to
sign-in to that app.
https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions