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The Creepy Line

We have a phone that we weretalking about, it will be, I guess, technically always on,we...

We have a phone that we were
talking about, it will be, I guess, technically always on,
we have Google which basically maybe knows what I'm going to
ask for before I ask for it

Full Transcript

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We have a phone that we were talking about, it will be, I guess,
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technically always on, we have Google which basically
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maybe knows what I'm going to ask for before I ask for it.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:02
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Wandering Foot Productions

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Movie Summary

The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and how they do it.
It finishes my search request; it knows everything that's going on in my household - The Creepy Line 00:08
It finishes my search request; it knows everything that'...
We've had this question for more than a decade at Google, - The Creepy Line 00:07
We've had this question for more than a decade at Googl...
You have control over the information that we have about you, - The Creepy Line 00:17
You have control over the information that we have about you...
These computer systems naturally collect this data, - The Creepy Line 00:08
These computer systems naturally collect this data,
Google wants you very much to have privacy from everyone except them. - The Creepy Line 00:07
Google wants you very much to have privacy from everyone exc...
The first thing we all should do is quit using Gmail. - The Creepy Line 00:06
The first thing we all should do is quit using Gmail.
Google stores, analyzes all Gmails that - The Creepy Line 00:10
Google stores, analyzes all Gmails that
The ones coming in from other email services, Google tracks it all. - The Creepy Line 00:06
The ones coming in from other email services, Google tracks ...
They not only track the Gmails that you write, they track the drafts of those - The Creepy Line 00:11
They not only track the Gmails that you write, they track th...
And the information from Gmail is then put into one's personal profile and becomes - The Creepy Line 00:14
And the information from Gmail is then put into one's p...
Tech giants are increasingly under scrutiny from politicians, regulators - The Creepy Line 00:09
Tech giants are increasingly under scrutiny from politicians...
Some are concerned about their growing power, - The Creepy Line 00:07
Some are concerned about their growing power,
Yet their role in contemporary life certainly isn't shrinking. - The Creepy Line 00:06
Yet their role in contemporary life certainly isn't shr...
We too at the NewsHour have worked and collaborated with Facebook, - The Creepy Line 00:08
We too at the NewsHour have worked and collaborated with Fac...
Journalists whom I communicate with regularly about these issues, - The Creepy Line 00:14
Journalists whom I communicate with regularly about these is...
Not only that, their companies are using a form of Gmail, - The Creepy Line 00:09
Not only that, their companies are using a form of Gmail,
All of their incoming and outgoing communications - The Creepy Line 00:08
All of their incoming and outgoing communications
If you entered the University of California after a certain date, - The Creepy Line 00:07
If you entered the University of California after a certain ...
And it was found that Google was, yes, in fact, scanning student emails - The Creepy Line 00:11
And it was found that Google was, yes, in fact, scanning stu...
We still don't know to this day because Google still has not come clean with - The Creepy Line 00:07
We still don't know to this day because Google still ha...