Get this...
Google owns Youtube, and they sent me an e-mail a week ago when I was replying to a post on a video that they WANT my PHONE NUMBER in case, I “lose my password”. In order to log in to your Youtube account, the password is now part of Google accounts.
Scary stuff.
I concur. I never linked my google accounts into one and actually never log into them anyway. Note to anyone that doesn’t know this...do NOT use the google toolbar. This will track all your actions online whether logged into google or not. Go to your banking site...it can watch you. Go to check on your cell phone bill...it can watch you.