Removing AI Spyware From Your Google Account
Posted by freedomforall 1 day, 4 hours ago to Technology
Excerpt:
"Today, let’s take a look at Gmail and AI.
The latest versions of Gmail, a web-based email client, have AI mail scanning and analysis turned on. If you want AI watching, no problem. Leave it turned on.
If you want to de-AI your Gmail account — to extent you can, at least — these are the steps. I found this thanks to this Twitter account. The thread begins as follows (slight editing mine):
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.
Google’s AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there’s a class-action lawsuit over how. […]
Google automatically turned on AI features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet for many users in late 2025. These features can read your emails, messages, and attachments to create summaries and suggestions.
Google says your emails don’t train Gemini, but some users say they never clearly agreed to these AI features being enabled. Unless you turn them off, the AI can still analyze your inbox to provide these features.
The thread details the steps. As I worked through them, I found differences between his steps and mine, so here are the steps as modified by my own experience.
Change Your Gmail Settings"
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"Today, let’s take a look at Gmail and AI.
The latest versions of Gmail, a web-based email client, have AI mail scanning and analysis turned on. If you want AI watching, no problem. Leave it turned on.
If you want to de-AI your Gmail account — to extent you can, at least — these are the steps. I found this thanks to this Twitter account. The thread begins as follows (slight editing mine):
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.
Google’s AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there’s a class-action lawsuit over how. […]
Google automatically turned on AI features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet for many users in late 2025. These features can read your emails, messages, and attachments to create summaries and suggestions.
Google says your emails don’t train Gemini, but some users say they never clearly agreed to these AI features being enabled. Unless you turn them off, the AI can still analyze your inbox to provide these features.
The thread details the steps. As I worked through them, I found differences between his steps and mine, so here are the steps as modified by my own experience.
Change Your Gmail Settings"
See entire article for details
