For some time now, I really liked the way Google automatically adds my flight details into Google Now after it sees an e-ticket emailed to my GMail account. Gives me updates and reminders about my flights right in my phone.
Sometime though it gets a bit scary whenever you see personal information being harvested by Google.
Just tonight, I tried to do a web checkin on our flight to San Francisco so I googled the Singapore Airlines for the link. Here’s what I got in my search results.
The front page of the search results embedded all the details of my flight which it pulled off of an attachment in my GMail.
Of course, Google makes sure to note that only I can see these search results. On one hand it’s very useful and efficient; on the other hand, it’s kind of creepy.
There’s even a link to see all my past flights emailed to me.
Does not include flights that were not emailed to me.
I cannot remember how many times Google Now has helped me in reminding me of my flight schedules. Yet sometimes, I feel like all these details known to Google seems a bit too much.
What do you think? Do you like this Google Search feature? What other Google know-it-all-features do you feel is bordering on creepy?
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phonebuddy says:
Same experience here. It also includes hotel booking. I was really scrared the first time I saw it. It’s my family vacation and why should google know it? Also try to look at the google calendar widget. Flights and hotel bookings were also shown on that calendar. Convenient but kinda scary.
Philip says:
Hotel bookings are incorporated in my Google Maps.
Zaq says:
That’s just what they tell you that they know. Imagine what they know about you that they don’t tell you.
andre says:
Google is the new Big Brother
emman says:
eh di wow!
c says:
Well they have those information and a lot more. You gave all those to them.
igniculus says:
Experienced that a week ago too! Kinda Amazing, they updated my Calendar too with notifications also. Awesome.
bajojo says:
Since you are logged in to google, all your google service are link together. so alam nya lahat ng info as long as nasa google mo sya
IANVARIVS says:
I was surprised when I checked my Google Now Cards. It reminds me of a certain CDO flight that I never booked. Only until I realized that my brother asked me to print his itinerary for his CDO trip and he sent it to me via my personal email address.
Google, you stalker.
djakkovic says:
That is tooo creepy, indeed. So google mines your Gmail attachments? So even if you didn’t use a Google service to book your flight or hotel room, they know about it? Makes you wonder all the other stuff they know about you. There should be a way to opt-out of this data gathering.. unfortunately, Gmail is a free service and you bow to their terms.