This little exercise is totally disorienting… It’s strange, but when I view my Google Search History on Google’s website, nothing bothers me. I feel perfectly at home. Google wants us to think that it’s so cool, it couldn’t be any better.
But when I produce the data using your tool, it’s very different. The raw data jumps out at me. And in my case—but probably in all cases—it’s quite disturbing.
Charles, November 2012
Full Description
Since 2006, Albertine Meunier has been scrupulously compiling her Google searches and publishing them online, thus violating the private relationship between her and Google. More than six years later, Albertine’s successive searches tell a story—not only her own, but also the story of the Web. Based on this search history, she has written the first volume of her digital history, and her history, period.
She gives instructions so that you can do the same: retrieve your Google searches in a “readable” format and reappropriate them. Also follow these steps to see exactly what data is being stored about you!
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2013
- Submitted to ArtBase: Monday May 4th, 2015
- Original Url: http://www.albertinemeunier.net/extraction_google_search_history/index-en.htm
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Work Credits:
- albertinemeunier, primary creator
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