Comment on Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I tried this and was no longer able to separate my email into Primary Updates and Promotions, and I started getting pings for every stupid ad. So I think I’ll start sending weird emails to myself; “teach your kids (the AI) to talk wrong.”
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
It did the same for me but I took it as an opportunity to wisely unsubscribe from all the crap in my gmail
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yes you are wise. I have a couple gifts ordered from companies who have decided to bombard me with spam, but I need to track the order until it arrives and then I can block them.
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
You can usually unsubscribe from the marketing emails and still get the tracking notifications if you don’t want to wait
Kuma@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Just to add to this. Having a unsubscribe link in emails is a common way to trick ppl into clicking links, so if you do not know where the email comes from then just block it.
frongt@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
If they give you a standard tracking number just slap it into www.packagetrackr.com and call it a day
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I just make judicious use of filters, especially if I don’t know if the company will honor the unsubscribe preference or just use that to confirm my email.
I have a number of emails and strings in filters that are an automatic delete because so many companies fucking spam shit constantly.