7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change
7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change
你应该更改的 7 个鲜为人知的 Google 账户设置
When you’re jumping between the many different apps Google offers—Gmail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, YouTube, and all the rest—you may not be giving much thought to the Google account that underpins them all or to the myriad settings you can access that help to define your experience across all these apps. 当你穿梭于 Google 提供的各种应用程序（如 Gmail、Google 地图、Google 日历、YouTube 等）之间时，你可能很少去关注支撑这一切的 Google 账户，或是那些能够定义你在这些应用中体验的繁多设置。
If you’ve never opened up your Google account page on the web or on your phone, there are a host of options to browse through there. They cover everything from data security and browsing history to the backup email Google needs in case you ever get locked out of your account. 如果你从未在网页端或手机端打开过你的 Google 账户页面，你会发现那里有大量选项可供浏览。它们涵盖了从数据安全、浏览历史，到防止账户被锁定时所需的备用邮箱等方方面面。
Here we’re going to focus on seven of the lesser-known settings: the ones that don’t necessarily get a lot of attention but which are still an important part of how your account and your Google apps operate. It’s worth spending a few minutes to review these and to make sure they’re set up in the way you’d like. 本文将重点介绍七个鲜为人知的设置：它们虽然不一定备受关注，但却是你的账户和 Google 应用运作的重要组成部分。花几分钟时间检查这些设置，确保它们符合你的预期，是非常值得的。
Also pause to consider how much personal information you want to share with Google, or how much of your information you’re making visible on the web. Let your own level of comfort guide your decisions on how you tweak these settings. 同时，请花点时间思考一下你愿意与 Google 分享多少个人信息，或者你希望在网络上公开多少个人信息。根据你自己的舒适度来决定如何调整这些设置。
The starting point for all these settings is your Google account page on the web. 所有这些设置的起点都是网页版的 Google 账户页面。
Set Your Home and Work Addresses
设置家庭和工作地址
Google will use the information about where you live and work to personalize your experience. This is most useful in Google Maps, because it means you can get directions back home or to your office with a single tap rather than typing in the address each time. (You should see Home and Work shortcuts appear whenever you search for a destination.) Google 会利用你的居住地和工作地信息来个性化你的体验。这在 Google 地图中最为实用，因为这意味着你只需轻轻一点，就能获取回家或去办公室的路线，而无需每次都输入地址。（当你搜索目的地时，应该会看到“家”和“工作”的快捷方式。）
There are benefits for getting more accurate weather forecasts and more relevant search results too. The usual Google privacy policy rules apply: No one else will see the address information you’ve saved, but you might start seeing more ads for sandwich shops in your local area. 这样做还能让你获得更准确的天气预报和更相关的搜索结果。当然，Google 的常规隐私政策依然适用：其他人无法看到你保存的地址信息，但你可能会开始看到更多本地三明治店的广告。
To set these addresses from your Google account page, click Personal info and then either Home address or Work address. You can either type out the address manually, or select a location on a map. 要从 Google 账户页面设置这些地址，请点击“个人信息”，然后选择“家庭住址”或“工作地址”。你可以手动输入地址，也可以直接在地图上选择位置。
Edit Your Google Profile Information
编辑你的 Google 个人资料信息
You may not think about your Google account in the same way as a Facebook or Instagram profile, but Google does share bits of information about you with other people. If you send someone an email through Gmail, they can click on your profile photo and see whatever’s public on your Google account page. Similarly, if you leave a review on Google Maps, the viewers of that review can tap on your name or picture and see any public information on your Google account page. 你可能不会像对待 Facebook 或 Instagram 个人资料那样看待 Google 账户，但 Google 确实会与他人分享你的部分信息。如果你通过 Gmail 给某人发送邮件，他们可以点击你的头像，查看你 Google 账户页面上公开的所有内容。同样，如果你在 Google 地图上留下评论，查看评论的人也可以点击你的名字或头像，看到你 Google 账户页面上的公开信息。
To set what people can see, click Data & privacy and then Profile. You can include a variety of information here, from a profile picture to web links (pointing towards your social media accounts, for example). Next to each piece of information is a symbol indicating if it’s public (an icon showing two people) or private (a padlock icon). 要设置他人可见的内容，请点击“数据和隐私”，然后选择“个人资料”。你可以在这里添加各种信息，从头像到网页链接（例如指向你的社交媒体账号）。每项信息旁边都有一个符号，标明它是公开的（显示两个人的图标）还是私密的（挂锁图标）。
Click on any entry in the list to make changes and to change the visibility settings. 点击列表中的任何条目即可进行修改并更改可见性设置。
Designate Recovery Contacts
指定恢复联系人
Recovery contacts are the people who you and Google can turn to if you ever get locked out of your account. As a safety net, this works pretty well. Recovery contacts can vouch that you are who you say you are, and a real person is harder to hack or spoof than a password or a PIN code. 恢复联系人是指当你无法登录账户时，你和 Google 可以求助的对象。作为一种安全保障，这非常有效。恢复联系人可以证明你的身份，而相比密码或 PIN 码，真实的人更难被黑客攻击或冒充。
To set or change your recovery contacts, choose Security & sign-in > Recovery contacts. Your chosen people will get a notification in their email inbox, and will need to follow a link to agree to having your back—just so Google knows these are actually people you know. (You should tell them you’re doing this in advance). 要设置或更改恢复联系人，请选择“安全性” > “恢复联系人”。你选择的人会在邮箱中收到通知，并需要点击链接确认同意为你提供帮助——这是为了让 Google 确认这些人确实是你认识的人。（建议你提前告知他们。）
Customize the Types of Ads You See
自定义你看到的广告类型
Targeted advertising is an inescapable consequence of using all the free apps and services Google makes available, but you can take more control over the sorts of ads you see than you might have realized. 定向广告是使用 Google 提供的所有免费应用和服务不可避免的结果，但你对所看到的广告类型拥有的控制权可能比你想象的要大。
From Data & privacy, select My Ad Center, and you can tweak the types of ads Google and its partners serve up to you. For categories such as your professional industry, relationships, and home ownership, for example, you can turn ads on or off. 在“数据和隐私”中，选择“我的广告中心”，你就可以调整 Google 及其合作伙伴向你投放的广告类型。例如，针对你的职业、人际关系和住房拥有情况等类别，你可以选择开启或关闭相关广告。
Click Customize Ads to make further changes. There are three tabs here—Topics, Brands, and Sensitive (subjects like alcohol or gambling)—and on each tab you can view the ads you’ve seen lately and adjust what you’re shown in the future. 点击“自定义广告”进行进一步更改。这里有三个标签页——“主题”、“品牌”和“敏感内容”（如酒精或赌博等主题）。在每个标签页中，你都可以查看最近看到的广告，并调整未来希望看到的广告内容。
If you’re into your tech, for example, then under Brands you might see Samsung—and you might get served ads for Samsung products. If you’d rather this didn’t happen, click the – (minus) button, and you’ll see fewer Samsung ads going forward. 例如，如果你对科技感兴趣，在“品牌”下你可能会看到三星，并因此收到三星产品的广告。如果你不希望这样，点击“–”（减号）按钮，以后你看到的三星广告就会减少。
Bear in mind that this doesn’t change the volume of ads you actually see; you can’t remove advertising from Google’s products this way. You can, however, manage the topics of the ads that appear. 请记住，这不会改变你实际看到的广告总量；你无法通过这种方式从 Google 产品中移除广告。但你可以管理所显示广告的主题。
Save Contacts Automatically (or Don’t)
自动保存联系人（或关闭此功能）
You’ll come into contact with a lot of people through Google’s various apps and services, and Google can save these people into your contacts list automatically. To turn this on or off, head to People & sharing and select Contact info saved from interactions. 你会通过 Google 的各种应用和服务与许多人接触，Google 可以自动将这些人保存到你的联系人列表中。要开启或关闭此功能，请前往“人脉和共享”，然后选择“从互动中保存的联系人信息”。
Sometimes it can be helpful in tracking down a person you remember being in touch with even though you never explicitly saved their details, and at other times it can mean you end up with a contacts list that’s too cluttered—so adjust this as you prefer. 有时，当你需要查找曾经联系过但从未明确保存过其详细信息的人时，这会很有帮助；但有时它也会导致你的联系人列表过于杂乱——所以请根据你的喜好进行调整。
Sign Out of Old Devices
退出旧设备
If you’ve used a few phones, tablets, and computers over the years, then you want to minimize the risk of anyone else getting ahold of those devices and finding themselves logged in to your Google account. Presumably you wiped old devices before selling them or giving them to someone else, but it’s best to be safe. 如果你多年来使用过几部手机、平板电脑和电脑，那么你需要尽量降低他人获取这些设备并发现已登录你的 Google 账户的风险。虽然你可能在出售或赠送旧设备之前已经清除了数据，但谨慎行事总是最好的。
Click Security & sign in, scroll down the page, and you get a rundown of the devices… 点击“安全性”，向下滚动页面，你就能看到设备列表……