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People Divulge The Most Unsettling Data They Discovered That Google Stored About Them
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"Big Brother is watching you..."

The famous words from George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, which tells the story of a world governed by omnipresent surveillance.

Today, however, many people are under increased paranoia that their every step is being monitored by the government, or by the world's largest corporations.

Not helping their fears, is when people look back on information collected by their Google data, and see that virtually every step they've taken has been documented.

Even things some people might not remember doing themselves.

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Doctors Share Their Funniest 'I Googled My Symptoms' Patient Experiences
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Listen to your doctors.

More specifically, listen to doctors you can trust who aren't out to "find the truth" or "reveal the hidden secrets of your very specific disease and the cure behind it."
Just because you read something online doesn't make it true.
That's rule #1 of the internet.
Be skeptical of things, yes. Do your own research, sure.
But when a licensed medical professional is telling you to stop drinking your own urine, then maybe listen to them?
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People Break Down The Most Shocking Things They've Found In The Information Google Stored About Them
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Google is a dangerous tool. It leads to the world of the internet that can be worrisome and vicious just as much as it is plentiful and full of knowledge. Our lives are an open book and our secrets just a key stroke and google search away. Go ahead and get it over with now... type in your name and pray.

Redditor u/MBMV wanted to know who has discovered a few tidbits about themselves by doing an "innocent" internet search by asking.....

People who downloaded their Google data and went through it, what were the most unsettling things you found out they had stored about you?

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The world is overrun with fun facts and fake news. At this point who knows what to believe. That is why we must always think before we speak and have ironclad proof that what we are saying is factual. I mean the basics are covered.... the Earth is flat, the sky is blue and Adele is an angel. Check.

But all the other sordid details being lobbed at us on the daily need to be vetted before they are spread. Otherwise we're just talking smack... no matter how entertaining it is or solid it sounds.

Redditor u/argues_with_quote wanted to know what "knowledge" that was really nonsense others have tried to sell to us all by asking.... What is the most hilariously inaccurate 'fact' someone has told you?
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