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by ic-junk 4047 days ago
Every spammer will now know the full name of any google user since it's displayed on the second page. Eventually in the near future, even if you remove the name and keep the display image and the display image is of a person, face recognition software could determine who the person is due to Facebook and other social media platforms. Displaying a display image or showing the full name is a complete breach of security and privacy. Eventually one could theoretically find all Google accounts a person has with Google.
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I thought it only showed this information if you had recently, successfully logged in to your account on that computer?
Yeah I suppose that is possible if they didn't spoof it or your device becoming compromised. I haven't seen/read anything on what they're doing to handle this scenario.
If your device is compromised, someone knowing which accounts your have is pretty much a given regardless of you logging in to Google...