1. Are google and facebook collecting your data?
The answer is Yes! Both the social platforms google and facebook collects your data. They are always hearing your voice and storing all kinds of data whenever you makes any search on Google or visits Facebook.
Talking about social platforms, it basically includes Google and facebook. Alexa and Siri also do the same thing but your Major data data is being collected by Google and Facebook only. All of them are continuously spying on you.
2. What kind of data they collect without letting you know?
As you have already got the answer that "Are Google and Facebook collecting your data?". So now let's check "What kind of data they collect without letting you know?".
Google and Facebook never claims that they record your data, track your locations and share your personal information, but it's not that true! With the help cookies Google Store data on its Browser which can be used for future reference.
Google majorly collects your voice and browsing data, with the help of Google assistant and the kind of search you make make on them respectively. Same is applied to Facebook also. But it's a bit different.
Along with this they also monitor how much time you were there on a particular site (Google). Have you shown any interest on a product you liked but didn't purchased it(Amazon). Your likes/dislikes/habits you submit to your profile (Facebook).
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3. Why google/facebook stores your data?
There are 3 biggest reasons why google and facebook stores your data:
1. Profit.
2. Profit.
3. Profit.
Yes! Profit is one of the biggest reasons why they collect and share your data with other brands and companies.
They basically uses these data to show you advertisements or we can say to manipulate you, so that you purchase their products to make them more profitable.
4. Proofs that they collects your data!!
As a proof I'll share my some of the experiences with you that i had regarding the collection of data. So let's begin.
1. When I was in first year of Engineering, in 2nd semester we have been told to write a research paper ( in group) . So we had choosen a topic where smart cards were primary resources.
So I searched a lot about smart cards on YouTube, Google & even asked my friends also about that. Later after few days, whenever I go to Google in order to search something or on YouTube in order to see a video, I always used to see the ads regarding smart card, master card, VISA, Credit and debit cards only.
So what just happened? They simply collected my voice and browsing history to show the most appropriate ads.
2. Since our colleges organizes specialization courses for students, so I had taken part in data science, but didn't knew/heard about it earlier. So I talked to my brother regarding data science, he simply replied "NO". Now what happened after that just made me amazed!
I started YouTube after 1 min (approx.) and when I clicked on the video, the ad I watched was of Data Science, whose few words were "Do you want to become data scientist?". Here, they collected my voice data, and shown me the ads of data scientists.
5. How you can do it practically?
You can try these methods to check whether its true or not? Whether they collect your personal information or not?
i. Google search: a) Try searching any product you want to buy, let's take an example of Iphone.
b) Make any search reagarding Iphone and be there for atleast 1-2 min. or more & then just close the tab.
c) Now after some time you will be shown the ad of Iphone's only, whether on a website or on YouTube or at any online platform you visit.
ii. Google assistant: a) As you already know that whenever you say "OK GOOGLE", while turning your internet on, it starts working.
b) So don't you think it is always hearing your voice, & only responds when user says "OK GOOGLE", i.e. your voice is always being recorded.
c) Here's how you can implement, its very easy: Try saying the name of the product you want to purchase or prepare a script that includes Iphone (taking example) and say it for 3-5 minutes and then visit to online platform and BOOM! Now you will be shown the ads fo Iphone's only from now (mostly).
iii. Facebook: a) You all know Facebook mainly earns from advertisements, so what you can do is whenever you see ads on facebook from now, so be there for atleast 1-2 min. and then close your facebook and reopen it after some time. The same thing is going to happen with you i.e. you are gonna see the ads of those things only.
b) Do the same thing you have done on google assistant, make a script and read it for 3-5 min. and same thing continues again with you.
iv. Alexa/Siri: Now you would have understood after reading above points, how alexa and siri collects your data. Yes! like google assistant.
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