You misunderstand. I am pointing out that if you are consciously giving Google potential access to your bank account, it's odd to be concerned about Google having other information that is far less sensitive. It's like worrying about your white carpet because the robber holding a gun to your head has muddy boots.

Using recovery links emailed to users to access their bank accounts and gather information would open up Google to all sorts of legal trouble even if they do nothing but look. As class-action lawsuits are generally not very good for business, I consider this much less of a concern than legal methods of gathering information, even when the potential information gained from the legal methods is less sensitive.

true, but by that logic, once we give them one thing, we should just openthem up to everything? no.

my bankaccounts are important, but they also come with fraudprotections.

the complete picture of my life, all data mined, possibly misinterpreted, and then availableto my enemies is farmore scary.

If your bank is emailing password recovery -- you need a new bank.

Gmail was not the OP's cause for concern.