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Google Privacy Settings

Share as less data as possible with google. Here are my recommendations for how to configure your google settings.

*1. https://myaccount.google.com/dashboard
*Go to your Google services
-Dashboard

Search

2. Activity:Change off
-the following services:

  • Calendar (export and delete all existing calendars) [only on switch to other calendar service]
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  • Contacts (export and delete all existing contacts) [only on switch to other contact service]
Photos (export and delete all photos)
- [if you want cloud backup of your photos, use something like nextcloud] Drive (export and delete all data) [onlyuse onsomething switchlike nextcloud]

3. Change your activity data

  • Search Activity: off (delete existing data) [don't forget to otherchange cloudyour service]
    -search Activityengine data:
    -to Deviceduckduckgo]
Information: off
- Location History: off (Deletedelete loggedexisting locationsdata) https://www.google.com/maps/timeline)
-Device Search activity:Information: off (anddelete switchexisting todata) duckduckgo!)
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Voice & Audio Activity: off
- (delete existing data)