🚨 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. ❀️

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in reply to Tuta

To be fair, that setting exists already for quite a while (and I've turned it off ages ago on my gmail account). Good to remind people to check once in a while whether it's still turned off, but it's not like they did this yesterday.

Here's the post from january 2025 about exactly this interface.

workspace.google.com/blog/prod…

in reply to Tuta

Will share the link with family who need to hear it from "someone else".

Had to go Proton for all bc every time I attempted to sign up w Tuta for a account (paid annually after sign-up) I was flagged as potential abuser. With VPN. W/O VPN. Multiple devices, IPs, and browsers over a two-month period. 🀷🏻

That said, I still appreciate what you do. Disappointing to not have been able to sign up and pay. πŸ’° Maybe fix that. -Random midwestern parent who likes privacy and technology πŸ‘

in reply to Tuta

Thanks for reminding. I am afraid these toggles are just make believe. They have your data on their servers and already used it for Gemini crap behind the scenes.
And none of the alternatives is safe as long as billions of people continue to use gmail blindly.
Every mail you sent/receive to/from gmail is a door wide open.
No other option then to block all traffic from gmail accounts.
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in reply to Tuta

I never asked and said NO to unsolicited AI garbage I don't want to use on my electronic devices. American big tech companies have become techno-fascist virus nowadays, so I moved away from Google services and switched to @fdroidorg . Early next year I'll leave Android for the privacy-focused /e/OS mobile system to leave in peace. Keep fighting for privacy and freedom everyone!
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