Discussion
Considering very seriously (again) to refuse to exchange emails with people who are using #Gmail.
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
RE: https://systemli.social/@anneroth/115586803185165508
I give Gmail the slowest possible treatment🐌 🐢 —if I respond at all.
A few years ago, I reached my breaking point with Gmail’s escalating privacy issues and chose to stop replying to Gmail addresses entirely. At first, it felt a bit harsh, but I soon realized: if people genuinely need to reach you, they’ll find another way. And indeed, they have.
Now, I only respond to emails from providers that respect privacy. Gmail users either wait weeks for a reply—or switch to services like ProtonMail or Tutanota once they notice their messages go unanswered. It may sound strict, but this approach has surprisingly encouraged better digital habits around me.
Has anyone else tried refusing Gmail emails as a quiet protest against data mining?
@anneroth
#Privacy #EmailSecurity #DigitalMinimalism #ProtonMail #Tutanota #Google #SurveillanceCapitalism #FLOSS #Encryption #Fediverse
@debby @dennyhenke @anneroth
I have been certainly thinking about it. I don't exchange that many
emails these days. Google is long behind me now. I have thought about
how I'm still a part of the system if I even reply to them.
I'm starting to feel the same way about responding to whatsapp. I don't
have so many people there. But that no one seems to be making a move
to abandon support for the regime, maybe they need a little nudge in
by getting refusals to communicate through their channels.
@anneroth Da (auch das kostenlose) Gmail auch mit eigener Domain nutzbar ist, ist schwierig zu erkennen, wer das trotzdem im Hintergrund nutzt.
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