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Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive hosted PDF files without permission — user complains feature can't be disabled (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 4 months ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But it's still probably illegal

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Illegal how?

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not allowed by the ToS and the privacy policy

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Wouldn't it be though? No one reads ToS. Most people probably owe google their kidney, their first born child, and their soul. So far as I know, which is admittedly very little, there is nothing that says a company can't read everything you write if you agree to let them.