Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out

hansolo@lemmy.today · 3 days ago

Fun fact: A zip code, gender, and a DOB is enough to have an 85% chance of it being you. It’s a very well-studied area. You are de-anonymized with very little data exposed, all of which Google includes in ad auctions.

https://dataprivacylab.org/projects/identifiability/paper1.pdf

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/07/22/how-just-a-zip-code-can-tell-a-marketer-exactly-who-you-are/

https://georgetownlawtechreview.org/re-identification-of-anonymized-data/GLTR-04-2017/

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/12/07/simulating-zipcode-sex-birthdate/

vin@lemmynsfw.com · 2 days ago

And then what? I tell google to show my ad to a guy born on some date and in a zip code. What data am I getting?

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out

[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"