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Is that just in the US or EU as well? I can't imagine the EU GDPR regulations allowing for that.

Anything named Gemini or in Gemini will be trouble- have yall learned nothing!?

european-alternatives.eu/category/sea...

I recieved a montage of my own photos from some entity that wants to charge me for storage. The photo album was so good it brought tears to my eyes. I had no idea my life was so good! However... privacy IS paramount.

#Skynet wasn't just a movie theme... "your Google Photos data is used to infer your interests, relationships to people in your photos, and where you’ve been, including by associating your face with corresponding location data and timestamps.”

How is this legal?

Proton.me 🇨🇭

Firefox is one of the most invasive apps you can put on a mobile device. Use Brave on your phone instead.

More incentive to finally move everything to Proton Drive, especially on my phone.

Thankfully, I don’t use Google Photos.

Yes!!!! You are. Delete all the traditional apps. They are weapons of surveillance and data.

Seriously. I have 65k photos in my phone. It’s too much!!!

We’ve been warned.

That is a wint-o-green life saver. youtu.be/N1xXVk6VfEU?...

Seems like the kind of data an authoritarian government would want in order to identify "dissidents" and "enemies of the people". And Google is the kind of company that would sell it to them.

Don't be evil. vs Build invasive AI.

If you want to see just how relentless these trackers are, set your personal firewall to “ASK”for all incoming or outgoing connection attempts. Billable internet usage is for data moving in either direction. Internet providers are not telling you that tracking data connections are billed to you.

I stay away from all things Google

Wow, so they'll be able to identify all my cats!

Google, using Gemini AI to access and exploit the entire recorded history of its users’ private communications, including literally every email and attachment sent and received in their Gmail accounts.”

I do not use google or have it on my phone. FUK YOU g0og1e

It’s getting so complicated!!! I can barely keep up and I know I’ve signed away my rights over and over w/o actually knowing where or why. I feel like I need a refresher class in all of this because I really can’t figure it out.

Uh, no!

Nope

I purposely don't use offers for AI from my phone or Google but I'm worried that Google is going to take its own initiative. I know you can ask that AI results not be returned for DuckDuckGo, can you opt out of Gemini?

Not difficult. Don't use Google

I hate Gemini, it is stupid and I have deleted as much of it as I can.

Oh oh, should I remove all the chid porn from my iPhone now ?! Oh, wait… I’m not Donald Trump. Phew.

A must read for borderline introverts!

I stopped having those apps in my phone a long time ago. They are being used along with META to fuck everyone. They are spying software for the masses.

Well, considering most of my photos are of food, birds or scenery...I don't this is going to affect me much.

Don't trust Google services, don't trust Apple. Samsung is quickly catching up to those two. There are other phones (my kid has a Purism) that just need a SIM card to attach to your cell provider without all the Big Brother control built in. Or uninstall or disable all you can.

Sounds as if Google is going back to their original business model of Stealing

I have Google Drive but not all my photos are on there – – just Art. So it draws a line to just scan what’s on Google Drive not on the actual cell phone correct?

I was forced to agree to a phone upgrade or I wouldn’t have been able to use the phone I purchased from Apple 🤬

The People DO NOT WANT THIS Only the Billionaire fascists want this

I refuse to believe there aren't a few GOOD PEOPLE w/good brains in their heads now looking around seeing DISTRUCTION of families & attacks on CHILDREN in AMERICA Their hearts aren't breaking at the CARNAGE they see? & harm AI can being⁉️ There might be a few🤞🏼 That's me ever the optimist🤷‍♀️🥴💙🌊🐸⚖

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But people wont understand what they are up against to.

Did he read the books? Theil surely knows that Sauron uses the Palantir's power for evil purposes; by appropriating the name of the object, Theil tells us who he is, his ambition for control. Tolkein would be appalled, from his very Catholic moral standpoint.

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Ecosia here too!

Tax the rich!

Can they scan the #trump #epstein fils too?

So sick of all this and it's just getting started! 🤬

GETTING SICK OF THE EVER INVASIVE .....GOOGLE !

Do you know how? I can't find that option on my phone.

Google's history (eg with Streetview) shows they are very happy to cross any boundaries on collecting your information

Tech bro democracy hackers Putin place their mass surveillance little by little for the next coup before midterms with the excuse of martial law . Little by little like a frog in a cold pan with heat on .

Disable Gemini on your computer. It's not smarter than optimized search.

My Gemini is turned off. Everyday it asked to be turned on. Nope.

I hope they enjoy all my cat videos and photos.

All this information will be sold to Palantir and Israel 🇮🇱

It was all sane earlier?...doubt it!🤔

Ionos and Proton do have alternatives they work well.. proton.me/business/dri... www.ionos.de/office-loesu...

There are many concerns about Google. Just remember there is no such thing as a free lunch. Google is incredibly invasive and if you agree to this feature your life will never be your own again

Yes, but thats mining government date. I was about peoples private data. It will be followed by a demand for all home surveillance cameras. It does not negate muskrats antics

State apparatus, information is power & yes money!

Gemini one rearranged my entire iPhone to its preferred format. I had a hard time finding apps, work, after I completely deleted Gemini from my iPhone.

But what was she wearing? 🙄

There is a business opportunity here for a company to help average families move to more secure platforms and educate them about actions to avoid.

I hate all this big brother BS

How do we delete or stop Google upgrade from scanning our photos??

Google has been scanning your photos for at least a decade. It's why you can search for text, dog, or faces

This is why I got rid of google last year

It’s not, user agreements (often) are blanket to sell data at this point. Frankly, companies have a duty to report anything.. unseemly. Personal, private images with family/ friends are a concern.

What a nightmare

Zeig mir deine papiere Show me your papers

You’re never alone with Google.

Yeesh. Scanning all our photos to find protest pics to turn us over to the Gestapo? I wouldn’t put it past Google.

Nope.

Giving up too much personal information to AI can have its downsides.

Not getting my permission for that no way in hell! Ai is thievery dressed up as innovation because they have the money and you don’t. End of story.

All these creepy, pervy, fascy AIs have to be a reflection of the sick personalities of the weak, pathetic techbrofascist losers who make them. AI is a fascist weapon against the people and needs to be banned.

calling it #Gemini sounds nefarious… They had a ‘digital twin’ logistics program that failed, where it was supposedly advantageous to duplicate entire supply chain databases, or something? Why do these programs directors love telegraphing their intentions with not-so-subtle nods? 🐙

Which is a reason to never use your real name (or other real personal information) online, and to use an email account when you register that's not easily traced to you (search for "private email"). Preferably, use different handles for each social media acct to make it harder to cross-index.

this is the way.

Exactly

Can Google upgrade

Uninstall and unsubscribe anything Google, Microsoft whenever you can Use an open-source alternative every time you can

Ooooh! You make my eyes mist. The beginning of google, what a time it was! I started using Ecosia and now I am waiting to discover their nazi links.😭

A good read/warning.

EAT THE RICH

the information superhighway serves up our identities on a platter Maria Ressa wrote a wonderful book about this

So much to learn, and stop.

I will fill up my old phone with random garbage pics, and leave it connected by wi-fi. Go ahead boys, knock yourselves out.

Easy fix -- get the fuck off Google. Go to Brave.

I need to get all my data out of google

YouTube and Gmail too. Time to ditch Gmail.

No thanks.

In some ways, people who are currently in their 70's and older have an advantage over young people. They were never raised with the idea that the internet was safe. For many, posting something online is equivalent to screaming it out an open window onto a busy street.

But how do you leave? Not sure of the steps. Everything is intertwined.

Ditto. I use it to write crappy first drafts, but I can use myself or something else for those as well.

EXACTLY!

Cool! Photos of my Mum, kids, wife, car, cats and dogs will no doubt be of interest to the FBI or whatever intelligence acronym is out there.

Doing my utmost to remove this ai slop from every one of my devices. If that doesn't work, they're all in the bin ad I'm going outside to build an actual real life and community.

Honest question, are any of the Google alternatives NOT dodgy in some way? Proton mail’s pro Musk if I’m not mistaken (?). What about Tuta Mail? I use Brave search but read in this thread they are Trump supporters. Is there anything digital one can trust?

Currently I'm getting notifications from Google dating they can't update my photos because I've reached the limit. I didn't want them to in the first place and don't remember giving them permission. However now I can't access my Gmail acct due to the photo situation. Any idea on a quick fix?

Big Brother. Problem is even if you opt out but share with friends and families photos are still available.