Gemini accused of silently gaining Gmail read access, with data-sharing opt-in enabled by default
paulnovosad · x · 2026-11-12
Economics professor Paul Novosad (183K followers) blasted Gemini App for "suddenly giving itself privileges to read my Gmail" — a screenshot shows Gemini's AI Overview summarizing his email correspondence without him opting in.
Worse, the "Share your data to help improve Gemini for everyone" setting is enabled by default, and it's unclear how to turn it off. The incident highlights Google's questionable default-permission design as Gemini integrates into Workspace: users may unknowingly let the model read private email and use it for training.
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