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  • Gmail users switch off these two features

    From Hardy@hardy@home.net to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy on Wed Jan 7 11:42:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    https://nypost.com/2026/01/06/tech/gmail-is-using-personal-data-to-train-ai-techspert/

    oIMPORTANT message for everyone using Gmail,o engineering YouTuber Davey
    Jones wrote in a viral X PSA on this alleged digital Trojan Horse. oYou
    have been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your
    private messages & attachments to train AI models.o

    The cybersecurity expert added, oYou have to manually turn off Smart
    Features in the Settings menu in TWO locations.o
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From James Bond@007@goldfinger.com to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy on Wed Jan 7 21:41:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server

    IMPORTANT message for everyone using Gmail...


    People must be mad to use gmail, there's only one alternative...

    https://tuta.com/secure-email

    Privacy requires TOR with Linux...

    https://www.linuxmint.com/download

    The facts...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4DKg4WZRx4



    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Keith@user13263@newsgrouper.org.invalid to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy on Thu Jan 8 02:26:04 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy.anon-server


    James Bond <007@goldfinger.com> posted:

    IMPORTANT message for everyone using Gmail...


    People must be mad to use gmail, there's only one alternative...

    https://tuta.com/secure-email

    Privacy requires TOR with Linux...

    https://www.linuxmint.com/download

    The facts...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4DKg4WZRx4




    i am kind of bitching about nothing but email is a security risk and if your threat model calls for it you should not use it no matter what.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2