Google Suddenly Flips the Password Privacy Switch for Billions of Users

"Search histories and sites visited must remain private as they could be exploited by bad actors or advertising companies wanting to profit from this pot of sensitive data,"

Perhaps Google not storing it in the first place would have been a better idea, no ?

2FA has become the bane of my existence. I hate it and would very much like the ability to turn it off.

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TLDR: Google will auto-enable two-factor authentication (this was announced a couple of weeks ago). Also, you can now "password-protect" myactivity.google.com. The end.