(Re: Sneaky AI enslavement) If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.

[Justice matters.]

(About the "never-enough" greedy AI a-holes at the G7.)

If you have a Gmail account and have not done it, you need to read this.

Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It's turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over it how.

Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

1. The Main Switch

This is the main setting Google shows you, but it's not the only one.

Gmail (Desktop):

⚙️ Settings → See all settings → Smart features and personalization → Uncheck "Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet" → Save Changes.

2. The Hidden Switch

Turning off the first setting isn't enough. Most people stop there.

On the same settings page: Google Workspace smart features → Manage Workspace smart feature settings → Turn off both checkboxes → Save.

Both settings need to be turned off.

3. Your Phone

The settings don't always sync between devices, so check the Gmail app separately.

Gmail app → Menu (☰ → Settings → Select your account → Turn off "Smart features and personalization" → Confirm.

4. Delete Gemini History

If you've used Gemini before, your chats may be saved, and some could be reviewed by humans.

Go to http://myactivity.google.com/product/gemini → Turn off Gemini Apps Activity → Delete Activity → All Time.

This removes your past Gemini chat history and stops future conversations from being saved.

5. Move Sensitive Emails

Turning off Gmail's smart features helps, but for truly private emails, consider using a separate service.

For medical, legal, or financial emails, use a free Proton Mail account. It offers end-to-end encryption and doesn't use AI to scan your emails.

Keep Gmail for newsletters, promotions, and less sensitive messages.

This is the kind of post people should save for later.

[dalton99a]

1. People should do this ASAP.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. I have a proton.me account. This post should be shared with EVERYONE you care about.

[CousinIT]

5. Yep. I switched to Proton too for that reason. n/t

[dalton99a]

6. +1. Proton email is legit.

And it's been around for a while

[LogDog75]

3. I have a gmail account but rarely use it.

The only thing I use it for to read Google docs one person uses to send me information. In the couple of years that I've had it I've used it probably 3 or 4 times. Now, it's like my hotmail account which I use as my "junk" account when I don't want to give someone my regular email account.

[yardwork]

4. Marking for later.

[Raven123]

7. Thank you for posting

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. Thanks for this info,

just finished doing so.

[Scrivener7]

9. Thank you!!!

[area51]

10. Bookmarking. n/t

[SSJVegeta]

11. How is this a threat to our privacy?

Do they save the data to other places as they do this?

[NNadir]

12. Thanks for this.

[GiqueCee]

13. Thanks for the heads-up!

[c-rational]

14. Thanks. Bookmarked.

[nuxvomica]

15. I had smart reply turned off but not the others

I had turned off smart reply after it suggested a totally fictional story about me dealing with a printer problem two years ago. It creeped me out. I now have all the other "smart" stuff turned off. Thanks for posting.

[orleans]

16. bookmarking to send my son in law and maybe he can do it for me. nt

[niyad]

17. KNR and bookmarking. Thank you. I just recently noticed ai crap

in my emaiils, telling me what th email says aan "suggesting" responses. I was woonderung how to turn it off.

[CapnSteve]

18. Thanks for this!

Done and done! Previously killed copilot in Windows and Office 365.

Death to ARTIFICIAL intelligence!

[aggiesal]

19. You used your Superpowers for good today. Thank you. ...

Reviewing the settings, I had done this on my phone when I first received a message that this was happening.
Silly me, I thought it applied to everything.
When I looked on my computer, the settings were enabled.
I followed your instructions and disabled all the settings for this invasive feature.

Again thanks.
Only use your Superpowers for good!

[patphil]

20. This is one way that AI is used for nefarious purposes.

We need strong regulation now.

[irisblue]

21. I have a gmail acct, but I go through the web address, should I do anything different?

[FakeNoose]

22. This is great info - THANKS!

Almost everyone in my family has a g-mail account.
I will share this. (Probably I'll send it out via G-Mail.)

[alwaysinasnit]

23. Many thanks for this post!!!!

[purr-rat beauty]

24. I would surmise...

If users of Gmail were not notified and given instructions to opt out this should be considered a serious breach and TOA violation brought on by Google.

AI is going to become mal/spy/bloat/etc.ware

I will let my wife know and we will make the changes and reconsider our options.

Every damn tool that's been relied for years is being turned into a weapon against us.

[Prairie_Seagull]

25. So bookmarked.

Seems more than ever it's

Us against them.

Fuckers.

[SheltieLover]

26. Rotten bastards! 🤬

Tyvm!