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[ PRIVACY Forum ] The most dangerous change in Google's privacy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lauren Weinstein)
Fri Jun 5 15:56:35 2026
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 12:49:08 -0700
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The most dangerous change in Google's privacy policies newly announced
This is the operative text that is most alarming. It means that not only your
search history, but IMAGES AND OTHER MEDIA that gets uploaded to Google as
part of Search will be saved AND USED TO TRAIN GOOGLE AI unless you have
explicitly turned off these history settings. This is a BIG deal. -L
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Google will now save your media to your Search Services History,
applying robust privacy and security protections. Like your Search
Services History, your saved media is also used to develop and improve
Google services and technologies, including AI models and safety
measures. With this transition, if your Web & App Activity setting is
currently turned on, this new Save Media subsetting will also be turned
on along with your Search Services History.
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