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Google Takeout: Export a copy of your data in Google services

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Re: Google Takeout: Export a copy of your data in Google services

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Post by jkingsman »

ir77 wrote: post #44

i'm very curious about something -- people here rave about the takeout -- does anyone actually use the thing? i've tried the takeout option about a year ago when i wanted to switch from google photos to apple photos and it was an absolute mess, it exported random zipped folders, all broken up (i think there were 14 of thema ll together), multiple images were duplicates, somehow it managed to corrupt apple format of p…

I use this one every other month -- download everything and throw it in cold storage. Mainly keeping it for the scary possibility of being kicked out of my account.

Re: Google Takeout: Export a copy of your data in Google services

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Post by Closi »

singron wrote: post #28
MertsA wrote: post #19

Another fun one. Go into Facebook and download your data and look in the ads folder. There's a very helpful "advertisers_who_uploaded_a_contact_list_with_your_information.html" page that lists every advertiser who somehow obtained your contact data and ran targeted ads to you. There's a lot of sketchy companies out there who I never had any kind of relationship with who somehow managed to obtain email or other contac…

The facebook dump also includes email addresses and phone numbers that you have deleted from your account. After I removed my contact information from my account, I was curious why advertisers were still able to target my account with these uploaded lists, so I guess that explains it.

Well that clearly sounds like it's not GDPR compliant, but Facebook might have a different policy for the EU.

Re: Google Takeout: Export a copy of your data in Google services

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Post by Closi »

fsflover wrote: post #52
MertsA wrote: post #19

Another fun one. Go into Facebook and download your data and look in the ads folder. There's a very helpful "advertisers_who_uploaded_a_contact_list_with_your_information.html" page that lists every advertiser who somehow obtained your contact data and ran targeted ads to you. There's a lot of sketchy companies out there who I never had any kind of relationship with who somehow managed to obtain email or other contac…

See also: https://www.facebook.com/off_facebook_activity/ .

How nice of them to make a button for me to clear my history.

Unfortunate that it pops up with a blank alert box, and then on clicking the button to proceed it informs me that it "Failed to clear history".

Re: Google Takeout: Export a copy of your data in Google services

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Post by BoppreH »

rpdillon wrote: post #58
ir77 wrote: post #44

i'm very curious about something -- people here rave about the takeout -- does anyone actually use the thing? i've tried the takeout option about a year ago when i wanted to switch from google photos to apple photos and it was an absolute mess, it exported random zipped folders, all broken up (i think there were 14 of thema ll together), multiple images were duplicates, somehow it managed to corrupt apple format of p…

I just finished found through the takeout process for photos last night. 39 2GB archives. Request took a couple of days to process, then I got an email with a bunch of links that they said were good for 7 days. I planned to load them into my Synology download manager, but the takeout system seems to rely heavily on browser state, so Synology couldn't download them. Each took 5 minutes to download at home over WiFi, a…

I exported my data this week, and was given the option of either many zip files (default) or a single 7z file.

I downloaded the 7z without any problems.

Re: Google Takeout: Export a copy of your data in Google services

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Post by Closi »

edoceo wrote: post #78
karlicoss wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think breaking up is a ZIP limitation (max archive size is 4GB) I'm exporting it regularly (although I certainly don't have 120Gb of photos on it). You can choose an option for regular exports (every two months), and delivery method (e.g. Google Drive). Then I have a script that runs daily, mounts google drive, moves the takeout locally if it's present and removes from google drive (so it doesn't take space). Then…

Hmm, I've seen ZIP files over 4GiB - not from takeout but from others

The original specification was 4GB, although there is an extension to the specification that allows for over 4GB (64 bit is required).

Re: Google Takeout: Export a copy of your data in Google services

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Post by pletsch »

dalbasal wrote: post #38
MertsA wrote: post #19

Another fun one. Go into Facebook and download your data and look in the ads folder. There's a very helpful "advertisers_who_uploaded_a_contact_list_with_your_information.html" page that lists every advertiser who somehow obtained your contact data and ran targeted ads to you. There's a lot of sketchy companies out there who I never had any kind of relationship with who somehow managed to obtain email or other contac…

Good info. Any organized efforts to export and donate data? Data is not data in some important senses unless it's aggregated. A "watch-them-watch-us" dynamic can't exist if one side is aggregated and the other isn't.

Mind linking a project if you find it? Currently working on a tool that needs text conversations for data training and would be happy to donate if we can use the data as well.

Re: Google Takeout: Export a copy of your data in Google services

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Post by benlivengood »

ir77 wrote: post #44

i'm very curious about something -- people here rave about the takeout -- does anyone actually use the thing? i've tried the takeout option about a year ago when i wanted to switch from google photos to apple photos and it was an absolute mess, it exported random zipped folders, all broken up (i think there were 14 of thema ll together), multiple images were duplicates, somehow it managed to corrupt apple format of p…

Gzipped tarballs are an option now with what looks like a 40GB max.

  $ ls -lh takeout*
  -rw-r--r--  1 ben  ben    39G Sep 26 18:29 takeout-20200925T172738Z-001.tgz
  -rw-r--r--  1 ben  ben    38G Sep 26 19:20 takeout-20200925T172738Z-002.tgz
  -rw-r--r--  1 ben  ben    35G Sep 26 20:06 takeout-20200925T172738Z-003.tgz

Re: Google Takeout: Export a copy of your data in Google services

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Post by fsflover »

nimajneb wrote: post #77
fsflover wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See also: https://www.facebook.com/off_facebook_activity/ .

Apparently I'm doing something right because mine is empty. "You have no available activity to show at this time." Maybe because I've never had a habit of linking phone apps, web apps, etc to Facebook. I tend to keep different accounts completely isolated. Which is why Google really bugs me, I don't like that my YouTube, Gmail, etc are all the same account.

> Which is why Google really bugs me

You could probably try Firefox containers for that.

Re: Google Takeout: Export a copy of your data in Google services

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Post by benlivengood »

sahinabi wrote: post #42
ramses0 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Take your laptop to a google campus and download on their wifi.” LoL

i think he's just trolling - can't be that stupid.

GoogleGuest is an unsecured SSID at every campus, if you have one nearby. It generally reaches the parking lots (which are conveniently empty right now)
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