French artist publishes every Google search she ever did
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Sixteen years later, things have changed and anyone can use Google's TakeOut service to download their entire browsing history, which is stored on its servers, though it can take hours or even days to download it all.
When French artist Albertine Meunier discovered in 2006 that Google was storing her entire search history, she decided to retaliate in a unique and "very boring" way: publishing it all in a book. "At that time, it was difficult to access your own data, so I had to copy and paste incessantly," Meunier told AFP in her small gallery in central Paris. Sixteen years later, things have changed and anyone can use Google's TakeOut service to download their entire browsing history, which is stored on its servers, though it can take hours or even days to download it al...