Many people worldwide are concerned about their privacy and we don't blame them. No one wants others to know what they do online because that information can be very personal, including research into medical conditions and more. When users of Google products, including Android devices, smart speakers and the Chrome browser, browse the internet, their activity history is stored on Google's servers.
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Activity history is accessible through the My Activity service. In addition to storing web history, the service also stores information about the apps users have launched on any given day and the places they have visited through Maps. Essentially, there is a huge amount of information available through My Activity that could reveal the exact locations you visit most often. To protect this data, Google has added an extra layer of security to ensure that only you have access to this information.
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Google says that users can now enable an additional verification to allow Google to ensure that it's you who wants to show or delete the entire history in My activity. The goal is to make history information more secure on shared devices. Google says the new setting that only applies to activity in My Activity could appear in other Google products.
Users are given a radio button to require additional verification and a radio button to not require additional verification. If you enable additional verification, the feature will ask you to verify your identity before reporting the history. The verification is performed by taking the user to the standard Google login page, where you can enter the password or log in through a web browser or log in through a Android device if this option is configured.
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For those who share devices with other family members or other users, the ability to lock information is a very welcome addition.
Source of information: slashgear.com
