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Big Tech's love to preach "privacy this" & "privacy that" but in reality they track & collect your data.

Today we take a look at what privacy washing is, and why companies like #Gmail & #Facebook use it to gain your trust šŸ‘‰ tuta.com/blog/big-tech-privacyā€¦

#PrivacyWashing #BigTech

Screenshot of the App privacy info of the Gmail app with speech bubble: "We care about your privacy"

Privacy washing: How Tech Giants sell you trust, but mine your data. | Tuta

Welcome to the age of privacy washing. Techs giants like Google and Microsoft appear privacy-focused, but this is a facade. What is privacy washing, and why is it happening? We explain below.
Tuta
#facebook #BigTech #gmail #privacywashing

In case you had not yet seen this elsewhere.

#gmail #ai #privacy #infosec

screenshot of a 2 post thread: @ash.renee411 Gmail rolled out an update on October 10, 2025, and a lot of people didn't notice what it actually does. Google's Gemini can now automatically scan everything in your inbox - emails, attachments, receipts, financial docs, all of it - to train their Al and build ad profiles. If you don't want that, you can turn it off. 1/2 @ash.renee411 1. Open Gmail in your browser 2. Go to All Settings 3. Under General, scroll to Smart features and personalization 4. Uncheck the box 5. Then go to Google Workspace ā†’ Smart features ā†’ Manage Workspace and toggle off both smart-feature settings. That's it - you've opted out. 2/2
#ai #infosec #privacy #gmail

Considering very seriously (again) to refuse to exchange emails with people who are using #Gmail.

## Update ## digipres.club/@misty/115595909ā€¦
(Which doesn't change my view. Good to know nonetheless)

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
malwarebytes.com/blog/news/202ā€¦

Misty

2025-11-22 23:20:05

hometown - Link to source

FYI for people who have been sharing that Malwarebytes blog post about Gmail training on your email - they misunderstood and have updated their post with a correction at the top. malwarebytes.com/blog/news/202ā€¦
Update November 22. Weā€™ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmailā€™s smart features. The settings themselves arenā€™t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Googleā€™s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Googleā€™s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesnā€™t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own ā€œsmart features,ā€ such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isnā€™t the same as training Googleā€™s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although usersā€™ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared.

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out | Malwarebytes

A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
Pieter Arntz (Malwarebytes)
#gmail

šŸšØ BREAKING #Google just activated #Gemini on #Gmail - without asking you.

Turn it off now; here's how!
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You have to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations.

Share so everyone is aware. ā¤ļø

ā€œWeā€™ve activated Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, and Google appsā€ With a reply, "No Thanks! Learn how to disable Gemini on Android, Gmail, Chrome, Photos, & Google apps on the Tuta blog. "
Turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat & Meet: Screenshot of the google settings you need to navigate to turn off smart features. Next to Smart features click the box to turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat and Meet. Click on Manage Workspace smart feature settings and toggle these setting off.

How to disable Gemini on Android & stop Google accessing your WhatsApp and more. | Tuta

Gemini AI needs to be disabled on Android or it will override your privacy settings and gain full access to your texts, calls, and WhatsApp - even if youā€™ve turned off Gemini Apps Activity on your phone.
Tuta
#Google #gmail #gemini

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WARNING: Do NOT ignore #Gmail's new #AI scanning default settings. 1.8 billion users automatically opted in to allow Gmail access to all private messages & attachments to train AI models since June 2024.

Here's what happened:

1. Gmail enabled "Smart Features" by default for ALL users without clear notification.

2. They tied basic functionality like spell checking to AI scanning (i.e., if want spell check you need to accept full email analysis).

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WARNING: Do NOT ignore Gmail's new AI scanning default settings.

WARNING: Do NOT ignore Gmail's new AI scanning default settings. 1.8 billion users automatically opted in to allow Gmail access to all private messages & attachments to train AI models since June 2024. Here's what happened: 1.
Alex Turnbull (www.linkedin.com)
#ai #gmail

EDIT: The Malwarebytes article has been updated:

"After taking a closer look at Googleā€™s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesnā€™t appear to be the case."

This confusion could've been easily avoided if Google was more clear in how they communicate with their users.

ORIGINAL:

PSA to anyone who uses Gmail!

"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Googleā€™s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or AI-generated replies. Unless you decide to take action."

malwarebytes.com/blog/news/202ā€¦

#gmail #AI


Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out | Malwarebytes

A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
Pieter Arntz (Malwarebytes)
#ai #gmail

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