Post AwDpsPCGMTkRKMtTdo by fluffgar@mastodon.scot
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 (DIR) Post #AwDpsORTASJkzF06hk by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
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       WARNING: #GOOGLE IS TRYING TO TRICK YOU INTO USING GEMINI AI AND FEEDING GEMINI YOUR DATA IN GMAIL AND OTHER APPS!What Google is now doing should be ILLEGAL. PERIOD. For the first time I can recall in history of using Gmail, it just now popped a modal dialogue box -- DEMANDING that I choose whether or not I wanted "Smart Features" turned on -- which when you read the verbiage mostly means goddamned Gemini AI AND if you enable this you're giving Google permission to use your data to "improve" this horrifically invasive, inept, and misinformation spewing tech that steals data from websites for its own use without permission of those sites. DON'T LET IT SUCK IN YOUR EMAIL AS WELL!There was no way I could find to exit the modal window without choosing YES or NO, which means my existing selection to NOT use Gmail Smart Features (long my preference) was NOT being honored. After saying NO to this disgusting query by Google, I was pushed to ANOTHER page where I was forced to choose again about "smart features" in "other" Google apps. I chose NO again and finally was permitted to escape this trap.Note that while you can fairly easily check to make sure "smart features" are turned off in Gmail settings, I offhand don't have a clue as to how to find the similar settings in other Google apps that may have been affected by this absolutely disrespectful forced dialogue, as Google keeps trying to ram Gemini AI down our throats.ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Google has become a DISGRACE.#Google #Gmail #Gemini #AI
       
 (DIR) Post #AwDpsPCGMTkRKMtTdo by fluffgar@mastodon.scot
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       @lauren Tutamail is a pretty good alternative. They have a calendar too. @Tutanota Long list of alternatives to various apps here: https://european-alternatives.eu/
       
 (DIR) Post #AwDpsPdYizaAh1fHBg by Tutanota@mastodon.social
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       @fluffgar @lauren Thanks for recommending Tuta :) If you have any questions, let us know!
       
 (DIR) Post #AwDpsYWnfUWWGfZVOy by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
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       And remember, even if YOU have these invasive "smart features" turned off, if you communicate by Gmail with someone who has them turned on, your email will still be sucked into Gemini AI. Like I said, this should be ILLEGAL.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwDpsbUmdRh1THeRAu by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
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       I believe I've found the new Gemini-centric "smart features" controls in Gmail, that also seem to include the "other apps" setting as well. If you click the gear, then All Settings, then scroll WAY DOWN in the General tab, there's a "Manage Workspace smart feature settings" bubble. If you click that, you'll see a pair of settings that appear to represent your choices during the forced dialogue modal popup I discussed in the original post on this thread. I can't be 100% sure, but that's how it appears to me currently. My recommendation: Make sure they are both OFF!