WARNING: #GOOGLE IS TRYING TO TRICK YOU INTO USING GEMINI AI AND FEEDING GEMINI YOUR DATA IN GMAIL AND OTHER APPS!

What Google is now doing should be ILLEGAL. PERIOD. For the first time I can recall in history of using Gmail, it just now popped a modal dialogue box -- DEMANDING that I choose whether or not I wanted "Smart Features" turned on -- which when you read the verbiage mostly means goddamned Gemini AI AND if you enable this you're giving Google permission to use your data to "improve" this horrifically invasive, inept, and misinformation spewing tech that steals data from websites for its own use without permission of those sites. DON'T LET IT SUCK IN YOUR EMAIL AS WELL!

There was no way I could find to exit the modal window without choosing YES or NO, which means my existing selection to NOT use Gmail Smart Features (long my preference) was NOT being honored. After saying NO to this disgusting query by Google, I was pushed to ANOTHER page where I was forced to choose again about "smart features" in "other" Google apps. I chose NO again and finally was permitted to escape this trap.

Note that while you can fairly easily check to make sure "smart features" are turned off in Gmail settings, I offhand don't have a clue as to how to find the similar settings in other Google apps that may have been affected by this absolutely disrespectful forced dialogue, as Google keeps trying to ram Gemini AI down our throats.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Google has become a DISGRACE.

#Google#Gmail#Gemini#AI

Or am I too optimistic? 🤔

#Google #gemini #GoogleMail#DSA#GDPR#AItraining #privacy

In contrast to note-taking, which is pretty solid, I'm thoroughly underwhelmed by Google's #Gemini integration in slide decks (and the other GDocs integrations I've tried). All it does is generate one slide at the time, potentially mangling whatever guidance you give it, and throws in nonsensical AI-generated images for good measure.

Sadly it's clear most of these integrations are haphazardly put together to meet some internal "put AI in everything" goal.

🚧 Google can now read your WhatsApp messages, here's how to stop it • Neowin

｢ Google promises that under normal circumstances, Gemini cannot read or summarize your WhatsApp messages. But, and this is a big but, with the "help" of the Google Assistant or the Utilities app, it may view your messages (including images), read and respond to your WhatsApp notifications, and more ｣

https://www.neowin.net/guides/google-can-now-read-your-whatsapp-messages-heres-how-to-stop-it/

#gemini #whatsapp #privacy #ai

Don't opt out of #Gemini - opt out of #Google.

I am beginning to hate bigtech. Is it purposely designed to make us feel disempowered, erode any sense of control over our choices, lives? Do we buy stuff just to be manipulated by it? Its getting really mad though. I get a bad feeling.

#gemini #degoogle #luddites #maliciouscompliance

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/07/unless-users-take-action-android-will-let-gemini-access-third-party-apps/

auf welchen #Google#Android
#Smartphones ist #Gemini den vorinstalliert ??

auf allen, außer den Custom ROMs ??

Is there anyone here with a presence on the #Gemini portion of the Internet? (The protocol, not the AI.)

Let's be clear about what #Google has been doing. They've been switching #Android users' phones from the legacy Assistant to #Gemini, even though Gemini cannot properly execute many of the directives that legacy Assistant can perform. This means that Google is KNOWINGLY breaking users' home and other action routines. In fact, the fine print actually notes that Gemini can't do everything legacy Assistant can do, and Google still switched users' phones over anyway. I had to go digging all over to find the setting to turn off goddamned Gemini for Assistant functions -- it had been switched to Gemini even though the Gemini app per se was not installed! This should be ILLEGAL.

No more of this bullsh*t confusion about global settings vs. app data, Gemini apps vs. Gemini settings and more. It's a total train wreck and I don't blame anyone for not understanding whether or not their data is going to Gemini, because I AM NOT SURE MYSELF on my own devices!

This is either gross incompetence on Google's part or is being done purposely to make it as difficult as possible for users to understand whether or not Gemini is interacting with them, either obviously or behind the scenes.

If Google won't do this on their own, there need to be laws to force them. Enough of this garbage and manipulation. ENOUGH!

This! is what I was looking for!

@catsalad has written out instructions on how to truly remove Gemini from devices, in the post linked below. Thank you! 6/n

https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/114790591295316443

#Gemini#Android

is there a way to choose "never and don't ask me again!"?
#android #gemini #ai

There's a lot of confusion about #Google forcing #Gemini onto #Android users, but yes, it's very bad

Starting July 7, Google will be pushing Gemini down the throat of Android users by default whether they want it or not. You can jump through hoops to turn it off from various apps, but it's confusing for most users and the email Google sent about this was also confusing as hell. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that it wasn't meant to be confusing, but it was typical Google technospeak from the Bros who have no idea how ordinary people live and work.

Bottom line, despite articles trying to put a positive spin on this change, Google is forcing Gemini AI onto everyone by default rather than providing affirmative opt-in. Yes, that's evil.

Here's an article that summarizes the situation pretty well.

https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android