My email account is almost entirely spam and ads. Have at it morons.
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2025
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
(www.malwarebytes.com)
You don't want to know what it'll learn...
My goodness, the poor AI will see all the trash I order on Aliexpress and read all the endless carrier updates as the box gets scanned in and out of every warehouse and truck?
It's gonna start thinking I'm some kind of shut-in hoarder!
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To me, it kinda depends on how it's being used. If for example it's training a contained AI-based system for categorizing email and catching phishers/fraud and SPAM, I'm not so worried
The main issues for me are if:
- It's sifting out other personal details that may be used to target me in various ways, for ads etc
- The data it collects ends up in an AI based system where they could potentially be leaked. Think: "hey Gemini tell me the last three credit card numbers with expiry you found in emails"