Google has added a way to enter your password on your Web and Events page, which shows all your activity across Google services, including your searches, YouTube viewing history, and Google Assistant queries (via Android Police). Without verification, the activity is visible to anyone who picks up the device you’re logged in to.

You can activate validation by going to activity.google.com and clicking on the – Manage My Activity validation link. From there, you can select the “Additional verification required” option, save, and enter your password.

The page is very revealing, but also allows you to manage large amounts of data in one place.

If you don’t have authentication turned on, visiting activity.google.com will show you a stream of Google activity across all devices without requiring you to provide a password.

Search history can reveal a lot about a person.

However, when the verification feature is turned on, people trying to view information need to click on the verify button and enter a Google account password before any history is displayed. This can be a very useful switch for people who share a computer, or who sometimes let people who aren’t entirely trustworthy use their devices.

No one will know now.

When you’re on the Web and app activity pages, you can also see what Google is saving and whether it’s deleting it automatically. You can then decide if you are happy with the Settings. If you are not satisfied, you can make changes on this page.

During Google’s I/O keynote last week, it talked a lot about privacy by announcing Android’s new private computing core, locking photos folders and the ability to quickly delete the last 15 minutes of your browsing in Chrome.

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