<![CDATA[@Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account:]]>@Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account:

Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.

Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/2295a064-3f47-4fe9-b41f-a30d78148d5c/@ayzacoder-attention-if-you-have-a-gmail-accountRSS for NodeSun, 09 Aug 2026 09:52:41 GMTSat, 01 Aug 2026 19:51:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:40:24 GMT]]>@feld@friedcheese.us @dbattistella@mstdn.ca @shwell1@aus.social depends on what ones means by alternative, if they mean frontend for YouTube, there are plenty on all platforms.

If one means another hosting or streaming service, the best foss alternative is peer tube and maybe owncast for streaming.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://novoa.nagoya/notes/apep6lkobahttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://novoa.nagoya/notes/apep6lkobaSun, 02 Aug 2026 01:40:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:34:44 GMT]]>@dbattistella@mstdn.ca fucking hell]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://novoa.nagoya/notes/apeozb5ub5https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://novoa.nagoya/notes/apeozb5ub5Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:34:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:15:28 GMT]]>@shwell1 @dbattistella Not sure of any other good suggestions. Video hosting is expensive and hard 😞]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friedcheese.us/objects/854f331c-f980-4e72-a148-4aa3a2fa4361https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friedcheese.us/objects/854f331c-f980-4e72-a148-4aa3a2fa4361Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:15:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:07:14 GMT]]>@BlueBrogues @LukefromDC@kolektiva.social @dbattistella @shwell1 FYI

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/phaedral/statuses/117023233450718915https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/phaedral/statuses/117023233450718915Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:07:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:05:31 GMT]]>@kathimmel I have a feeling more and more of us will choose to do the same soon.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/dbattistella/statuses/117023226705022924https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/dbattistella/statuses/117023226705022924Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:05:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:59:14 GMT]]>@shwell1 @MiaMarkTwo @dbattistella I seem to have touched a nerve. I've never used it; nothing to turn off. But my mastodon feed has lead me to believe it's the choice of Nazis. ymmv

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/phaedral/statuses/117023201988007415https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/phaedral/statuses/117023201988007415Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:59:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:55:46 GMT]]>@dbattistella not for everyone, i know, but i traded in my secondhand iphone for a preloved, degoogled fairphone 3 & the app lounge is brilliant. no apple, no google. life is sweet as a nut.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kathimmel/statuses/117023188330986294https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kathimmel/statuses/117023188330986294Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:55:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:49:43 GMT]]>@shwell1 @dbattistella how old is this? Vimeo has been gobbled up by venture capitalists a long time ago and killed their community by trying to go commercial-only]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friedcheese.us/objects/87e09408-e4cd-4d11-8a7c-9860895c8242https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friedcheese.us/objects/87e09408-e4cd-4d11-8a7c-9860895c8242Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:49:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:30:52 GMT]]>@MiaMarkTwo Brave, as a project, has it's own issues. Issues just as bad as AI.

@shwell1 @dbattistella

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://polymaths.social/users/cmccullough/statuses/01KYZY2YHFWFJQEGYPZNACMXG3https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://polymaths.social/users/cmccullough/statuses/01KYZY2YHFWFJQEGYPZNACMXG3Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:30:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:28:12 GMT]]>@shwell1 @dbattistella Brave is weird fashy adware and I can't use my bank's internet banking website cause it lacks features the app has and also they didn't actually give me the login details, went to ask for them, and then they didn't give me the instructions and I've been too busy to go again and embarrass myself in front of the employees by asking for them πŸ’€

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/117023079925773957https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/117023079925773957Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:28:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:23:54 GMT]]>@shwell1 @phaedral @dbattistella They're sprining up all over the place and I'm loving it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://syzito.xyz/ap/users/116470783868321026/statuses/117023063075694571https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://syzito.xyz/ap/users/116470783868321026/statuses/117023063075694571Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:23:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:16:44 GMT]]>@dbattistella I got lucky

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/IanOB/statuses/117023034849442645https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/IanOB/statuses/117023034849442645Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:16:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:05:53 GMT]]>@dbattistella @toxomat it's a lazy "only idiots use gmail" lukewarm take. just very wordy

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/patrick_h_lauke/statuses/117022992177131155https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/patrick_h_lauke/statuses/117022992177131155Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:05:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:50:40 GMT]]>@dbattistella I assumed this was already happening decades ago, and abandoned google at that point. I hear leaving google is somehow very, very, very difficult for some people (???) so they have to keep warning eachother about the latest, and the latest, and the latest.

Really, we should stop using lmao these technologies. Makes me giggle to say this, as Ive been saying it for like 20 years, BEFORE these companies revealed (to the public) they were fascist.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jbrownesq/statuses/117022932393363024https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jbrownesq/statuses/117022932393363024Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:50:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:48:54 GMT]]>@jfmblinux @dbattistella +42 πŸ‘

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.tn/users/nizarus/statuses/117022925452869389https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.tn/users/nizarus/statuses/117022925452869389Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:48:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:47:16 GMT]]>@dbattistella Super helpful. Had already switched completely elsewhere (paid TutaMail - Legend level allowed big imports) but it’s great to clean up the remaining permissions prior to full deletion. Thank you!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Amistad/statuses/117022919007620574https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Amistad/statuses/117022919007620574Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:47:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:44:06 GMT]]>@shwell1 @dbattistella this seems pretty old cause iirc Ecosia turned out to basically be a scam and DeepL switched over to LLM-based garbage generation (among other things)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/117022906535109644https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/117022906535109644Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:44:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:42:08 GMT]]>@shwell1 @dbattistella most people still need the Play Store for banking apps and other bullshit like that πŸ˜”

Also soon it might be legally required to use it (or an iPhone) to like, have access to all the bureaucracy you need in order to exist in Europe πŸ₯²

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/117022898839493141https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/117022898839493141Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:42:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:40:43 GMT]]>@jfmblinux @dbattistella cool, are you gonna start sending me 100€ a year so I can afford enough storage for all the emails to switch off of Gmail?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/117022893269254013https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/117022893269254013Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:40:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:40:24 GMT]]>@dbattistella
My husband and I use tuta (@Tutanota) for sending encrypted email. The account also includes a calendar.

I started with a free account just to test it out and then moved to the paid tier to get some more features.

No affiliation with the company, just a customer.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://disabled.social/users/ahimsa_pdx/statuses/117022891974459524https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://disabled.social/users/ahimsa_pdx/statuses/117022891974459524Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:40:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:35:25 GMT]]>@dbattistella damn, turns out I'd already done this, so at least in theory they're not allowed to do this shit (though I mean let's be real they'll do it anyway but I don't have the time or money to fully switch away from corporate email platforms)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/117022872398707831https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/117022872398707831Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:35:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:27:02 GMT]]>RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/117022017506413341

@phaedral @shwell1 @dbattistella This just popped up on my feed, in case you're interested 😊

https://syzito.xyz/@404mediaco@mastodon.social/117022017505721580

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://syzito.xyz/ap/users/116470783868321026/statuses/117022839427720749https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://syzito.xyz/ap/users/116470783868321026/statuses/117022839427720749Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:27:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:11:38 GMT]]>@LukefromDC @dbattistella I have Tor , Vivaldi and Ungoogled Chromium and i use Mojeek search , DuckDuckgo . I have zero computer background , I am retired never worked in a office, if I ask my mates anything about tech they look at me as if I have two heads but I get there in the end πŸ‘

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116849936760445811/statuses/117022778897022423https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116849936760445811/statuses/117022778897022423Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:11:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to @Ayzacoder: Attention if you have a Gmail account: on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:09:14 GMT]]>@MiaMarkTwo @shwell1 @dbattistella Agreed!

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