Subj : bitcoin blackmail
To   : Mindsurfer
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Nov 24 2025 16:44:55

  Re: bitcoin blackmail
  By: Mindsurfer to Nightfox on Tue Nov 25 2025 12:23 am

 Ni>>>> One thing about Gmail is that it has a sort of smart email filter that
 Ni>>>> can detect spam.  Most of the time, I don't even see emails like this
 Ni>>>> anymore, as they go directly to spam.  But sometimes I do need to check
 Ni>>>> my spam in case it mistakenly flagged a real email.

 Mi>>> Thats what you get for giving all your data to google ;)

 Ni>> I'm not sure what you mean..?  You make spam filtering sound like a
 Ni>> negative. The auto spam filter means I don't have to spend my own time
 Ni>> looking at spam emails and deleting them, and I don't know how that would
 Ni>> be a negative..

 Mi> Just saying, google can develop very effective tools (spam filters) cause
 Mi> it has full access to millions of emails. i like efective spam filters!
 Mi> just pointing out that google can access a huge dataset to train their
 Mi> filters and that makes it potentially very effective.

 Mi> Its all good and no issue if you don't mind sharing all your data =) I do

True, though I've hoped it's only trained on the emails that people have marked as spam, rather than using all your data. :)

 Mi> It is the same with google maps. when you use it in your car as a route
 Mi> planner, you act as a live google sensor. Its a give and take. You just
 Mi> have to be aware of it, that you pay with your data at free and paid
 Mi> google services.

Yeah, I normally have my phone's location setting turned off, as I'd just rather not have any people or apps tracking where I am, and generally I don't feel a need to do that.  I only turn it on when I actually need to - Sometimes I do use Google Maps for directions, especially when I'm walking somewhere.  In my car, often I like to use my car stereo's built-in GPS maps app, as I feel like that's more convenient.  My car stereo does support Android Auto (and Apple Car Play), but it's not wireless for that; I have to plug my phone into my car via USB to use its maps app on my car stereo (and I don't have a phone holder in my car).

Nightfox

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