(Re: Sneaky AI enslavement) If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.

[Justice matters.]

(About the "never-enough" greedy AI a-holes at the G7.)

If you have a Gmail account and have not done it, you need to read this.

Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It's turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over it how.

Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

1. The Main Switch

This is the main setting Google shows you, but it's not the only one.

Gmail (Desktop):

⚙️ Settings → See all settings → Smart features and personalization → Uncheck "Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet" → Save Changes.

2. The Hidden Switch

Turning off the first setting isn't enough. Most people stop there.

On the same settings page: Google Workspace smart features → Manage Workspace smart feature settings → Turn off both checkboxes → Save.

Both settings need to be turned off.

3. Your Phone

The settings don't always sync between devices, so check the Gmail app separately.

Gmail app → Menu (☰ → Settings → Select your account → Turn off "Smart features and personalization" → Confirm.

4. Delete Gemini History

If you've used Gemini before, your chats may be saved, and some could be reviewed by humans.

Go to http://myactivity.google.com/product/gemini → Turn off Gemini Apps Activity → Delete Activity → All Time.

This removes your past Gemini chat history and stops future conversations from being saved.

5. Move Sensitive Emails

Turning off Gmail's smart features helps, but for truly private emails, consider using a separate service.

For medical, legal, or financial emails, use a free Proton Mail account. It offers end-to-end encryption and doesn't use AI to scan your emails.

Keep Gmail for newsletters, promotions, and less sensitive messages.

This is the kind of post people should save for later.

[dalton99a]

1. People should do this ASAP.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. I have a proton.me account. This post should be shared with EVERYONE you care about.

[CousinIT]

5. Yep. I switched to Proton too for that reason. n/t

[dalton99a]

6. +1. Proton email is legit.

And it's been around for a while

[LogDog75]

3. I have a gmail account but rarely use it.

The only thing I use it for to read Google docs one person uses to send me information. In the couple of years that I've had it I've used it probably 3 or 4 times. Now, it's like my hotmail account which I use as my "junk" account when I don't want to give someone my regular email account.

[yardwork]

4. Marking for later.

[Raven123]

7. Thank you for posting

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. Thanks for this info,

just finished doing so.

[Scrivener7]

9. Thank you!!!

[area51]

10. Bookmarking. n/t

[SSJVegeta]

11. How is this a threat to our privacy?

Do they save the data to other places as they do this?

[NNadir]

12. Thanks for this.

[GiqueCee]

13. Thanks for the heads-up!

[c-rational]

14. Thanks. Bookmarked.

[nuxvomica]

15. I had smart reply turned off but not the others

I had turned off smart reply after it suggested a totally fictional story about me dealing with a printer problem two years ago. It creeped me out. I now have all the other "smart" stuff turned off. Thanks for posting.

[orleans]

16. bookmarking to send my son in law and maybe he can do it for me. nt

[niyad]

17. KNR and bookmarking. Thank you. I just recently noticed ai crap

in my emaiils, telling me what th email says aan "suggesting" responses. I was woonderung how to turn it off.

[CapnSteve]

18. Thanks for this!

Done and done! Previously killed copilot in Windows and Office 365.

Death to ARTIFICIAL intelligence!

[aggiesal]

19. You used your Superpowers for good today. Thank you. ...

Reviewing the settings, I had done this on my phone when I first received a message that this was happening.
Silly me, I thought it applied to everything.
When I looked on my computer, the settings were enabled.
I followed your instructions and disabled all the settings for this invasive feature.

Again thanks.
Only use your Superpowers for good!

[patphil]

20. This is one way that AI is used for nefarious purposes.

We need strong regulation now.

[irisblue]

21. I have a gmail acct, but I go through the web address, should I do anything different?

[Justice matters.]

29. Kick, and...

I must admit I don't know the answer so I hope other DUers can answer your question here in a reply to your reply.

[irisblue]

30. Thx

[TommyT139]

31. Same question here. (And redo after updates?)

Also. do the steps need to be repeated after the updates (including automatic ones)?

I would assume so?

[FakeNoose]

22. This is great info - THANKS!

Almost everyone in my family has a g-mail account.
I will share this. (Probably I'll send it out via G-Mail.)

[alwaysinasnit]

23. Many thanks for this post!!!!

[purr-rat beauty]

24. I would surmise...

If users of Gmail were not notified and given instructions to opt out this should be considered a serious breach and TOA violation brought on by Google.

AI is going to become mal/spy/bloat/etc.ware

I will let my wife know and we will make the changes and reconsider our options.

Every damn tool that's been relied for years is being turned into a weapon against us.

[Akakoji]

42. Yeah but Sergei has already give the GOP fraud and corruption crime family

Tens of millions of dollars.

[Prairie_Seagull]

25. So bookmarked.

Seems more than ever it's

Us against them.

Fuckers.

[SheltieLover]

26. Rotten bastards! 🤬

Tyvm!

[yellow dahlia]

27. Thanks! Saving for later.

[ret5hd]

28. replying for easy retrieval (nt)

[Talitha]

32. Checked everything on my laptop and the settings were already off.

Maybe because I never used any of the available 'smart' stuff?

[GoodRaisin]

33. Thank you, and bookmarked.

[Wonder Why]

34. The problem is that most people don't care. They give away their privacy to anyone and everyone

then whine when the government collects personal information even though the government can and will get that information from the same companies that people gave it to.

They give it away in their home (e.g. Google, Alexa, ring, their "smart" TV and similar), their phone, their car, etc.

I did computer and network security and privacy for a living and I'm appalled with the attitude of the stupid but this is just one more example of what companies will do because people don't care.

[BaronChocula]

35. Thanks

Just did a search and found this how to video for dummies like me.

[debsy]

36. Done, thank you!!

[reACTIONary]

37. Google AI categorically denies this....

Of course, Google AI naturally would. But, for the other side of the issue, this is what Google AI says:

No, Google does not use your private Gmail content to train its public Gemini AI models, but there is an active class-action lawsuit and a widespread privacy debate surrounding these features. [1, 2]
## The Core Controversy: Facts vs. Rumors
A viral social media wave led to a class-action lawsuit filed against Google. The lawsuit alleges that Google secretly used its Gemini AI to scan private emails and attachments. Google has publicly denied these specific allegations, stating that the lawsuit is misleading. The company clarifies that while automated systems do process emails to power individual inbox tools, that data is never used to train public AI models. [1, 2]
## What Do "Smart Features" Actually Do?
The settings mentioned in your post are called Smart Features and Personalization. They are turned on by default for many users and utilize basic machine learning—not public generative AI—to provide convenience features. [3, 4]
If you choose to leave these features enabled, your email data is processed to automate:

* Smart Compose & Smart Reply: Predictive text and quick automated response suggestions.
* Inbox Categorization: Sorting emails automatically into Primary, Promotions, and Social tabs.
* Cross-App Integration: Automatically adding flight itineraries to Google Calendar or pulling tracking numbers into Google Maps. [4, 5, 6, 7]

## What Happens If You Turn Them Off?
If you follow the opt-out steps outlined in your post, you will successfully block Google from processing your text to personalize your dashboard. However, you will immediately lose access to automated tab sorting, text predictions, grammar tools, and automatic calendar updates. Furthermore, disabling these toggles will not stop Google from scanning your inbox for essential backend operational needs, such as filtering out spam, blocking malware, and detecting phishing attempts. [4, 5, 6, 8]
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If you want to evaluate your digital privacy further, please let me know:

* Would you like step-by-step instructions to clear your historical data on Google?
* Are you interested in a comparison of alternative privacy-focused email providers?
* Do you want to check if you are eligible for any recent Google privacy settlements?


[1] [https://upcurvecloud.com](https://upcurvecloud.com/blog/separating-fact-from-fiction-gmail-privacy-and-ai-training-explained/)
[2] [https://www.nbcchicago.com](https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/google-accused-of-using-ai-to-exploit-data-from-gmail-accounts/3872487/)
[3] [https://www.malwarebytes.com](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off)
[4] [https://www.youtube.com](

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[5] [https://www.youtube.com](

&t=7)
[6] [https://www.jdsupra.com](https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/privacy-tip-475-gmail-users-urged-to-5393852/)
[7] [https://workspace.google.com](https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/updated-smart-feature-settings-give-users-increased-choice-and-control)
[8] [https://www.linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/luizajarovsky_important-if-youre-a-gmail-user-and-activity-7397279112115150848-G0GU)

[Justice matters.]

38. Thank you, but who's to say they are not... lying? (for profits)

I mean, to the average users (most of the general public) who don't care about all the annoying switches, and just sign it without taking the annoying long time to read and moreso, to understand the fine prints, who's to say they don't just lie (and do it anyway without telling they're lying of course)?

[reACTIONary]

40. Well, two observations....

.... First, the AI says the lawsuits is based only on "internet rumors." The filing by the plaintiffs should be publicly available, and it may explain the basis for their allegations. Do they have anything other than rumors? Maybe a whistleblower? If so, the filing should tell us.

Second, whatever evidence they do or don't have, they will have to prove their allegations in court. So eventually, the truth will out.

[sprinkleeninow]

39. Ty much!

[Akakoji]

41. Where?

there's a class-action lawsuit over it now

[Alice Kramden]

43. KnR

Bookmarked

[stage left]

44. Thanks for this information!

[iemanja]

45. Bookmarking for later

When I’m at my computer. Thank you!

[Raine]

46. Thank you for the info, I'm bookmarking this. 👍nt

[Jack Valentino]

47. YEAH, I've HEARD that Gmail spys on my emails to train their A.I.----

and I have a LOT of Gmail addresses--- but I generate so few emails from myself,
I haven't given enough of a SHIT about that to DO anything about it!
If they are, which I guess they are, they would mostly have to rely upon
emails SENT to me, which are mostly spam, and of little value thereby)

(Haven't been trying to plan any assassinations through my Gmail accounts, lately...
or ever, I guess.... LOL.... although I might have had a rather questionable conversation
with GROK once, about why hasn't anyone tried to kill Elon yet? HAHAHAHAHAHA)

[Lonestarblue]

48. Do these directions apply to iPhone? I have none of these options in my GMail app.