Google Knows: Flight details embedded in search results

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?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

10 Comments

djakkovic says:

9 years ago

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.
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IANVARIVS says:

9 years ago

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.
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bajojo says:

9 years ago

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
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igniculus says:

9 years ago

Experienced that a week ago too! Kinda Amazing, they updated my Calendar too with notifications also. Awesome.
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c says:

9 years ago

Well they have those information and a lot more. You gave all those to them.
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emman says:

9 years ago

eh di wow!
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andre says:

9 years ago

Google is the new Big Brother
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Zaq says:

9 years ago

That’s just what they tell you that they know. Imagine what they know about you that they don’t tell you.
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Philip says:

9 years ago

Hotel bookings are incorporated in my Google Maps.
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phonebuddy says:

9 years ago

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.
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