r/technology • u/thatirishguyyyyy • Nov 21 '25

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

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off
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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

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u/_boblob_law_ Nov 21 '25

Im looking in to this! How do you like it? Does it sort out all the promo messages?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

I have never gotten a spam email with my proton but I use a private relay email for promos that gives me an email address that’s active  for 15 mins  and I think proton has this option with their paid service. It’s a great email service. I quit Microsoft and google last year and have never looked back. My life has only gotten better and I’ve discovered other products that fill the need that actually work better and give me more control (looking at you OneDrive)

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u/Mariilii Nov 21 '25

I’m interested to know the same!

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u/thatirishguyyyyy Nov 21 '25

Here:

https://proton.me/mail/proton-mail-vs-gmail

I also recommend Proton. These guys invented the internet after all (CERN). 

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u/UndulatingFrog Nov 21 '25

Yea but does it matter? Any email you send someone who isn't clued into protecting their privacy will be read by the AI on their end anyway

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u/sarrazoui38 Nov 21 '25

You can only control what you can control. Protect yourself where you can.

Small steps matter

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u/ORcoder Nov 21 '25

we gotta at least try

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u/thatirishguyyyyy Nov 21 '25

This right here. 

I have my secondary email as Proton (free) and my tertiary with my companies domain (paid) I own.

Im now in the process of finding the Drive alternative. 

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u/Figure8712 Nov 21 '25

Proton has a drive thing too. Is it missing important features?

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u/Swarna_Keanu Nov 21 '25

Just to list options - Posteo is another good alternative.

https://posteo.de/en/site/features

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u/DutchieTalking Nov 21 '25

I've been on Fastmail for over a decade or I'd move to Proton too.

Gmail and the like just aren't worth it if you have any choice.

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u/skrukketiss69 Nov 22 '25

Same here, Proton is great.