It is impossible to count all the ways.
- do a Google search
- visit any of the 85% worldwide sites with Google Analytics on it
- play a video on YouTube
- look at a Google Map
- open/send/respond to a Gmail
- deploy the Chrome browser or another browser that uses the Chrome engine
- utilize an Android phone
- use Google Translate, Contacts, Finance, News, Shopping, Zagat, Waze, or any other Google service
- respond to Google’s “I am not a robot” reCAPTCHA
- etc. etc. etc. …
Each time you use one of those services, you are giving Google information that will NOT be kept confidential.
Here’s another thing to consider. Each time you use one of the above Google services, that activity is immediately shared across EVERY device you have ever used with Google. This may be seen as good thing, because it is convenient and helpful, but it clearly proves that Google knows who you are, and what devices are yours.
People use to say “I don’t use Google because I want my online privacy,” well now, that is virtually impossible.
Why impossible? Because “Google is the lens through which we view the world.” The Googlization of Everything, by Siva Vaidhyanathan.
Users cannot help BUT USE some form of Google when online, and their device(s) are LOADED with pieces of info that Google can use to identify them, and not only their browsing, but sometimes their other activities.
Please understand clearly, Google constantly identifies YOU, your device, and your browsing!
