Google suggested in a company blog post that the tool will allow users to have more insight into their account use and also give them the opportunity to find if someone else is using their account.
"For example, if you notice sign-ins from countries where you haven't been or devices you've never owned, you can change your password immediately," wrote Andreas Turek, a Google product manager.
For a more comprehensive look at your Google account activity, users can still sign in to Google Dashboard to look at all of their services.
My report was sparse, as I have opted out of the Web search history tool, but I did find out that I sent 88 e-mails from my personal account last month, and received 5,375 — sorry for not writing back, folks. It also told me that the people I contact most are my editor and fellow writers here at The Post. So much for separating e-mail addresses.
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