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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out

www.malwarebytes.com

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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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[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"
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Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.
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    This crosses a line because information will be exfiltrated. Gemini will be telling someone that I gave bubba a blow.

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      Your data is exfiltrated and sold for ads. You don’t even need to buy an ad, bidders on ads can see your data

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        They cannot see my data, they can give target parameters like ‘show to those who are private banking customers’ or ‘show to females in the 20s with daddy issues’.

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          Fun fact: A zip code, gender, and a DOB is enough to have an 85% chance of it being you. It’s a very well-studied area. You are de-anonymized with very little data exposed, all of which Google includes in ad auctions.

          https://dataprivacylab.org/projects/identifiability/paper1.pdf

          https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/07/22/how-just-a-zip-code-can-tell-a-marketer-exactly-who-you-are/

          https://georgetownlawtechreview.org/re-identification-of-anonymized-data/GLTR-04-2017/

          https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/12/07/simulating-zipcode-sex-birthdate/

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            And then what? I tell google to show my ad to a guy born on some date and in a zip code. What data am I getting?

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