[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"
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  • Fmstrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    12 days ago

    How to “opt out”:

    • Open Gmail desktop in browser
    • Settings icon
    • View all settings
    • General tab
    • Unchecked Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet
    • buddascrayon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      12 days ago

      I think it’s cute how everyone thinks that just by clicking the little opt-out button they’re actually going to magically not have already fed your entire email backlog into their massive AI database. 😂

      But hey, scouts honor, if you click that opt-out button they promise never to use any of your new emails in their constant information scape of your life.

      • Fmstrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        12 days ago

        You’re probably right, and that’s why it is in quotes, but I figured if I can save some people from reading a “there’s no readon this is 12 screens long” article I would.

        FWIW I dont use Gmail at all anyway.

  • tym@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    14 days ago

    The age of accelerated enshitification is upon us (has been for a minute)

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      14 days ago

      It’s not really enshittification when “Google reads your mail” has been the entire point since the launch of GMail. Relevant ads, grouping mails into topics, find spam, etc. has always been the selling point of GMail.

  • glitchdx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    12 days ago

    If it sees my attachments then all it’s gonna get is a lot of very poorly written smut. Happy to help make the lying machine worse, guys.

  • mika_mika@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    12 days ago

    I use thunderbird but I don’t know what email server to use!! No outlook because fuck Microsoft too, but my Gmail gotta go too if it’s this blatantly intrusive. Who do I use?? I’m too poor to host myself.

  • m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    13 days ago

    slipped in enabled. def turned off. ai probably gobbles your stuff first when you turn it off.

  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
    32·
    14 days ago

    I only have one fake google account on an isolated VM with dedicated VPN. For the rare cases it’s unavoidable for something. Whoever actually uses gmail, will get what they pay for.

    But this is probably anti-AI-ragebait anyway.

    • Scotty_Trees@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      wtf is your threat model where you’re using a throwaway gmail in a vm on a vpn? you in iran or something bro? shiiiiiiiiit

      • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        12 days ago

        Hehe, nah, germany. But I like my privacy and don’t like gifting away my data for free :)