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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out (www.malwarebytes.com)
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[–] KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 hours ago

Step 3: Verify if both are off

  • Make sure both toggles remain off.
  • Refresh your Gmail app or sign out and back in to confirm changes.

How fucking ridiculous is it that this needs to be a step? If I tell a company to keep its grubby hands out of my shit, that should be final. No need to double check that google didn’t do a little oopsie-woopsie and leave those options on as a little treat for later.

Every other day there is something like this, and I am getting real fucking tired.