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Google says Gemini Deep Research can now directly draw on information stored in users' Gmail, Drive, and Chat to create reports (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/05/gemini-deep-research-google-drive-gmail/

Gemini Deep Research can tap into your Gmail and Google Drive
After adding PDF support in May, Gemini Deep Research can now directly tap into your Gmail, Google Drive, and Chat. 

»Google Workspace: Gmail verschlüsselt jetzt auch Mails an externe Empfänger«
Dies ist nicht standartmässig aktiviert und somit werden es so gut wie kein mensch anwenden aber trotzdem glauben, dass sie anonym sicher kommunizieren. Dies nimmt mMn leider so gut wie kein Mensch ernst.
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Google Workspace: Gmail verschlüsselt jetzt auch Mails an externe Empfänger
Google erweitert die Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung für Workspace-Nutzer in Gmail. Ab sofort können Anwender der Client-Side-Encryption (CSE) ...

Gmail: Google streicht "Gmailify" und POP-Support
Google streich bei seinem Mail-Service Gmail ab Anfang nächsten Jahres einige Funktionen. Unter anderem muss POP3-Support dran glauben. 
https://www.

No, Google did not warn 2.5 billion Gmail users to reset passwords
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/no-google-did-not-warn-25-billion-gmail-users-to-reset-passwords/

No, Google did not warn 2.5 billion Gmail users to reset passwords
Google has disputed a widely reported story about the company warning all Gmail users to reset their passwords due to a recent data breach that also affected some Workspace accounts.

Not only Gmail has been infested with bad AI, but also other Google products. Chrome has a "help me write" feature. You can [disable it in the AI innovations settings](chrome://settings/ai). Unfortunately the intrusive popup is still showing up in Gmail and I can't find any way to turn it off. (See image)
There's also a Chrome setting that allows better browser history search. I've wanted that for years so I've turned that one on for now. Maybe it's better than all the other Gemini crap?

Wednesday’s discovery exposes a key weakness of the public key infrastructure that’s responsible for ensuring trust of the entire Internet.
Despite being the only thing ensuring that gmail.com, bankofamerica.com or any other website is controlled by the entity claiming ownership,
the entire system can collapse with a single point of failure.
The Certificate Authority ecosystem is a castle with many doors:
the failure of one CA can cause the security of the whole cast…

Mis-issued certificates for 1.1.1.1 DNS service pose a threat to the Internet
The three certificates were issued in May but only came to light Wednesday.

France's CNIL fines Google €325M for placing tracking cookies and ads in Gmail without users' consent; Google says it is reviewing the decision (France 24)
https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20250903-french-fines-google-shein-cookies

France fines Google, Shein record sums over cookie law violations
France’s data protection watchdog CNIL on Wednesday fined Google €325 million ($380 million) and fast-fashion retailer Shein €150 million ($175 million) for violating cookie rules. The record penalties target two platforms with tens of millions of French users, marking among the heaviest sanctions the regulator has imposed.

FTC an Google: Gmail benachteiligt angeblich Wahlkampf-Mails der Republikaner
Der FTC-Chef erhebt einen altbekannten Vorwurf gegen Google, Gmail soll Wahlkampf-Mails der Republikaner benachteiligen. Jetzt droht er mit Konsequenzen.

Evaluating the Robustness of a Production Malware Detection System to Transferable Adversarial Attacks
Milad Nasr, Yanick Fratantonio, Luca Invernizzi, Ange Albertini, Loua Farah, Alex Petit-Bianco, Andreas Terzis, Kurt Thomas, Elie Bursztein, Nicholas Carlini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01676

Evaluating the Robustness of a Production Malware Detection System to Transferable Adversarial Attacks
As deep learning models become widely deployed as components within larger production systems, their individual shortcomings can create system-level vulnerabilities with real-world impact. This paper studies how adversarial attacks targeting an ML component can degrade or bypass an entire production-grade malware detection system, performing a case study analysis of Gmail's pipeline where file-type identification relies on a ML model. The malware detection pipeline in use by Gmail contains a …

Google's AI in Gmail is so bad I've downgraded my subscription to remove the AI features. Unfortunately I'm stuck with its intrusive suggestions for the next month until the change takes effect. The UI is really aggressive. I'd be OK with that if the AI suggestions were any good.
It's astonishing how far behind Google is on AI applications. I actively want this AI stuff in my Google products but their implementation is so bad I give up.

Folks, Dr. Abdullah (@…), one of our Gaza Verified members, was working at the heart of the danger zone in Al Shifa hospital until the last minute.
He has now safely made it to the South, in part thanks to your donations during our Gaza Verified Emergency Appeal last week.
He still needs help… $500-$800 as he just told me for basic necessitie…

Well, that's lovely...
#Security

Google Confirms Most Gmail Users Must Change Passwords
Do not let hackers gain access to your account.

Warning to all Gmail users after 183 million email accounts are hacked | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/gmail-passwords-breach-leak-hacked-b2853498.html

Thanks for the... Instructions.

there exist several pieces of folk wisdom:
- "you cannot run your own mail server in 2025, this is too hard and time consuming" (completely false, i've done this since ~2010 with minimal ongoing maintenance)
- "you can do it but gmail will sort your mail to spam" (partially true and what i want to talk about here)
recently, my hand was forced: i had to migrate my mail server across providers and regions. it's unimportant why but important what the …

I knew this was fake and didn't include the gazillion stories about it in Metacurity.
Google disputes false claims of massive Gmail data breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-disputes-false-claims-of-ma…

Google disputes false claims of massive Gmail data breach
Google was once again forced to announce that it had not suffered a data breach after numerous news outlets published sensational stories about a fake breach that purportedly exposed 183 million accounts.

One great thing about Proton mail is that they managed to include a simple 'Trash' option on the notifications for new mail alongside 'Archive' and 'Mark read'. It's such a small thing, but it's massively useful and is a time saver -- so you don't need to open each new email to delete it. Maybe Google will add that functionality someday, but Gmail still doesn't have it.
EDIT: Gmail doesn't have it for ME? I'm hearing others might have it?…

»Millionen Gmail-#Passwort'er gestohlen: Ist eures darunter?
Laut dem #Cybersecurity-Experten Troy Hunt, der das #Datenleck aufgedeckt hat, könnten 3,5 Terabyte an

Millionen Gmail-Passwörter gestohlen: Ist eures darunter?
Laut dem Cybersecurity-Experten Troy Hunt, der das Datenleck aufgedeckt hat, könnten 3,5 Terabyte an Daten betroffen sein.

FTC an Google: Gmail benachteiligt angeblich Wahlkampf-Mails der Republikaner
Der FTC-Chef erhebt einen altbekannten Vorwurf gegen Google, Gmail soll Wahlkampf-Mails der Republikaner benachteiligen. Jetzt droht er mit Konsequenzen.

Inevitable, but a bit worrying these kind of integrations.....
https://winbuzzer.com/2025/10/10/microsoft-copilot-for-windows-gains-document-creation-and-gmail-integration-in-major-update-xcxwbn/

Microsoft Copilot for Windows Gains Document Creation and Gmail Integration in Major Update - WinBuzzer
Microsoft is updating its Copilot for Windows app, allowing users to create Office documents and connect to personal accounts like Gmail and Google Drive.

Perplexity debuts Email Assistant for Gmail and Outlook, which can manage inboxes, schedule meetings, and more, for subscribers of its $200/month Max plan (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.

Perplexity launches AI email assistant that can manage your Outlook or Gmail inbox for you — but it will cost $200 a month
Perplexity's $200 subscription is gaining a new feature that lets it manage your inbox by drafting replies to threads, scheduling meetings, and labeling emails using a new AI email assistant.

Anonymous help:
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

The conversation in the last boost is just a laundry list of large orgs who can't deliver to gmail. gmail users just don't have a working email system but I guess they don't care because email works so bad in general anyway now.

Gemini also asserts my oldest emails are from April 2003 but produces incorrect info when asked for details. Gmail didn't even exist until April 2004 and regular search finds nothing before then. (It does find a lot of Jira spam starting April 8 2004, some things never change.)

More legacy edu space likely to be used for hosting.
Not immediately obvious who or what steel-axis is to me, and who they represent. They have a virtual business address in Delaware, a gmail email, and a RIR database contact address in Israel. RIPE-based LIR that has gotten a number of transfers over the years, usually ending up being used by India-based HostRoyale.

Post by IP/ASN Transfers, @transfers@bgp.tools
"St. Catherine University" (ARIN) transferred: 140.225.32.0/21 (Taken from 140.225.0.0 - 140.225.191.255), 140.225.40.0/21 (Taken from 140.225.0.0 - 140.225.191.255), 140.225.48.0/21 (Taken from 140.225.0.0 - 140.225.191.255), 140.225.56.0/21 (Taken from 140.225.0.0 - 140.225.191.255) to ...

Someone should invent a way for computers to count. At the moment both GMail and GitHub have incorrect message counts in my inbox. Again.
This has happened many times. Given that computers make it possible for me to order toilet paper for delivery by 2pm and then send me hundreds of messages about toilet paper by 5pm, it seems odd to me that they can't count.
But hey, I guess it's hard to count how many things are in a list, especially when the list is empty.

Trump's FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”, rehashing an old claim with no substance.
GOP mail uses spammer techniques, including poor list management. Here's a graph

Android-Neueinrichtung: Landgericht untersagt Google Bevorzugung von Gmail
Google muss beim Einrichten eines Android-Smartphones E-Mail-Adressen von alternativen Providern gleichberechtigt zulassen, hat das Landgericht Mainz geurteilt.

yeah so the power company took the money they said they were gonna and I don't get paid til Friday so id super duper appreciate some help not getting hit with infinite overdraft fees!!! tank u!!!
venmo: @ianthe
paypal/zelle: ephydriad@gmail.com
#mutualaid

FBI verkar ha råkat ut för stora neddragningar. Fattar ni att de har varit tvugna att gå över till gmail nu 😃

Linus #Torvalds rantet mal wieder:
Der Code sei "Garbage" und "That thing makes the world actively a worse place to live". 😉
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml…

Hey 2D artists (based in Ireland preferred)! JOB ALERT! 📣 Especially those who do cozy cartoony or pixel art.
I have some game dev friends here in Galway from Psychic Software (Just released Necromancer's Tale) that are looking for an artist to team up for their next game.
Send your portfolio over to psychicsoftware@gmail.com

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--Qilin ransomware activity is surging, with 100 victims listed in August,
--A major Swedish power supplier was hit by Everest gang,
--Some top tech companies relent on Australia's age ban,
--Google denies it suffered a 183m Gmail accounts breach,
--Western Sydney University hit with fifth cyber incident in two years,
--Afghan data breach kil…

Qilin ransomware activity is surging, with 100 victims listed in August
A major Swedish power supplier was hit by Everest gang, Some top tech companies relent on Australia's age ban, Google denies it suffered a 183m Gmail accounts breach, Western Sydney University hit with fifth cyber incident in two years, Afghan data breach killed 49 people, much more

Gmail-App separiert Käufe und Paketverfolgung, stellt relevante Werbung heraus
Google spendiert allen Nutzern von Gmail zwei neue Funktionen. Käufe und Paketzustellungen sind im Menü zu finden, Werbung wird nach Relevanz sortiert.

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A new attack was shown to use AI to hack into Gmail accounts.
“It illustrates why developing robust protections against prompt injection attacks is important."
Direct and indirect prompt injection attacks hide instructions for AI assistants in emails, messages, websites, attachments and calendar invites.
You won’t see them, but your AI assistant will. -- And all too often that assistant will do as it’s told.
This threat “is not specific to Google," the compan…

Google Confirms Gmail Warning — New Attack Hacks Your Email
"AI might be super smart but it can be tricked" — change your account settings now as new threat revealed.

This just makes me sad :bread_displeased:
Gerade auf der persönlichen Webseite eines WebDevs statt einen `mailto:` einen Direkt-GMail-Link vorgefunden.
(https:||mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&to=$XYZ)

Trying to figure out why Gemini AI in Gmail is so very bad. It seems to not have access to all of my email and whatever RAG-like thing they are doing is very stupid.
Here's Gemini saying my oldest email matching some keywords in 2021 is from March 2021. If I explicitly tell it to look in February 2021, it finds it. There's only 11 emails that match in all of 2021, it's not like I'm blowing up the context window.

In case you run Linux with a reasonably current kernel and are experiencing strange network issues like unexpected connection failures, unreliable browsing, etc.: there's been a bug in the kernel's network code, affecting earlier 6.16.x versions. Had this myself and heard from some other people who were affected. Fix is in latest 6.16.5.

Grad bei einem „Nein zur Wehrpflicht” Plenum. Jemand hat gefragt ob Gmail schlimm ist 🙄

Freitag: Klage gegen Uber wegen Diskriminierung, Gmail mit zwei neuen Funktionen
Benachteiligung behinderter Fahrgäste Gmail für Käufe und Paketverfolgung Kindersicherheit von Chatbots Forderungen an E-Patientenakte Data Act und EHDS

Always, always, ALWAYS check out the "source" of any promotional offers you get. Don't click links in the message. Go to your favorite search engine, look up the organization, and verify from there.
And if they ask for money? Run. #writingcommunity #writers

Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations that make it seem the sender (always with a Gmail address, always presenting as a marketing or PR expert) has really read the book,Read More

In a letter, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson warns Google not to filter or suppress emails sent by Republicans over Gmail; Google says its spam filters are not biased (Hans Nichols/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/28/ftc-google-gop-email-andrew-ferg…

Scoop: FTC chair warns Google not to discriminate against GOP email
Google insists that its spam filters do not discriminate.

Jeez!
Mona is the best client for Mastodon.
Their tech support (at thespringsapp@gmail.com) got back to me IMMEDIATELY. Jonny suggested that I'd accidentally added something to my Mute Items tab.
I had. I'd added the word "the". That cut down on the messages I see...
But next time I need a rest, I'll try adding some letters, "e" or "s".
DUH!
#Mona

I think my most-sent email of all time is "Does Tuesday at 2 pm work for you?" followed closely by "No worries, how about Wednesday?" 🫠
But what if you could just... not do that anymore?
There’s a scheduling tool hiding in plain sight in Gmail that ends all this nonsense. You offer times, they click once, and poof—it's in the calendar.
I filmed a quick guide on it because this needs to be public knowledge:

@…
Another issue... Is this the best way to report them? I tried thespringapp@gmail.com but have received no reply to my Aug 21 report:
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I made my first post from Beta 7 last night. Made several newbie errors, like tapping the post icon when I was looking for the # list. Edited the post, finished it, and posted again.
When I got back …

I'm on #proton now instead of Gmail, preparing to move from Spotify to #deezer and have already moved from google to #homeassistant.

Huge thanks to @… for helping me figure out there is indeed a toggle you can set in Gmail to have the 'delete' option on the notification. The toggle is for delete OR archive, not both. As huge and ridiculous as Google is, they can't figure out how to have both delete and archive options on a notification at the same time. Cutting edge of technology

I don’t generally think of my life as boring, but I had a nightmare the other night wherein I couldn’t find an email in my Gmail account. I wasn’t terrified, but man, did I wake up anxious. #FirstWorldProblems

London Fletcher on Commanders defensive performance versus Las Vegas Raiders, Atlanta Falcons preview https://www.commanders.com/video/london-fletcher-on-commanders-defensive-performance-versus-las-vegas-raiders-…

Ernsthaft?

"OpenAI patched a ChatGPT security flaw that could have allowed hackers to extract Gmail data from its users, according to researchers at cyber firm Radware."
https://www.

Alternatives to Big Tech/Big Data:
Windows, Apple, Google -> Linux (Debian, Fedora, Mint, Arch...)
Microsoft Office -> LibreOffice (Only Office would also work, but the founders are Russian, who knows...)
Google Android, Apple iOS -> Pixel with GrapheneOS, Fairphone 6 with /e/OS, Brax 3 with iode OS/Ubuntu Touch
OneDrive, Google Drive, iCloud, Dropbox, etc. -> Nextcloud, MEGA, pCloud, Proton Drive
Outlook, Gmail, etc. -> Proton Mail, Tutanota

So, I love #Thunderbird, but it bogs down my poor old #Linux laptop. I thought I would try a few terminal email clients. Here is how it went:
* #Alpine (new Pine): Connecting to Gmail was hard…

Yay, seems like #Plex has experience a slight case of security breach. Time to change the password (https://plex.tv/reset) and try to figure out why I haven't turned the server off at this point.

OpenAI is adding Connectors for Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts in ChatGPT for Pro users, with Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu plans to follow (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/arti

»Sicherheitslücke in ChatGPT — Angreifer konnten sensible #EMail-Daten abgreifen:
#Sicherheit'sforscher von Radware haben eine schwerwiegende #Sicherheitslücke im "Deep Research&quot…

Sicherheitslücke in ChatGPT: Angreifer konnten sensible E-Mail-Daten abgreifen
Sicherheitsforscher von Radware haben eine schwerwiegende Sicherheitslücke im "Deep Research"-Modus von ChatGPT entdeckt, die es Angreifern ermöglicht, sensible Informationen wie Namen und Adressen aus Gmail-Konten unbemerkt abzuziehen.

Updated Post: philippa.willitts@gmail.com https://www.overcomecompulsivehoarding.co.uk/podcast-ep-196-trusting-our-future-selves-to-be-resourceful-with-dr-jan-eppingstall

Been experimenting with Shortwave, a frontend to Gmail with serious AI capabilities. So far it impresses me and is able to do the things that Gmail Gemini was failing me at. Main drawback is it's fairly expensive for a consumer product.

Call for Abstract – Divine Devices: Religion and Emergent Technologies of Wonder, Enchantment and Mediation (Online International Workshop)
https://ift.tt/jnxysIF
University of Alaska - Fairbanks - Alaska & Polar Regions Area Studies Bibliographer & Curator of…
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It's been a crazy week, so before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Two Scattered Spider members busted in London, US indicts one of them,
--MI6 launches dark web portal for potential spy comms,
--KT announced yet another breach,
--Korean authorities vow sweeping response to hacking spree,
--ICE signs contract with Graykey phone hacking device maker,

Two Scattered Spider members busted in the UK, one indicted in the US
MI6 launches dark web portal for potential spy comms, KT hit by another breach, Korean authorities vow sweeping response to hacking spree, ICE signs contract with Graykey phone hacking device maker, ChatGPT flaw that enabled Gmail extraction fixed, $2m theft roils BNB Chain DeFi scene, much more

Planer just nu:
1 flytta Gmail till Proton
2 sätta upp wallabag på hemmaservern
3 flytta från Spotify till Deezer
Samtliga kräver mer energi än jag har just nu, men snart...

After some 30 years of using monkey.org I'm going to change my primary email address. Anti-spam measures has finally made using it with Gmail untenable, too many messages are disappearing. My new plan is to give a different domain entirely over to Google Apps for email. I am sad about this, the monkey folks are great.
Email used to be an open medium. It has now been wrecked by spammers and captured by a few companies.

Fick igång homeassistant med music assistant på min lilla mac mini server med ubuntu server på. Nu är min detox snart klar, återstår att gå från spottan till deezer. Lagring på filen.io är också komplett. Nöjd som faan. Just ja, gmail ska gå över till proton (alt thunderbird om deras premium kommer snart). Fast proton har fördelar...

Call for Abstract – Divine Devices: Religion and Emergent Technologies of Wonder, Enchantment and Mediation (Online International Workshop)
https://ift.tt/84u3OPs
University of Alaska - Fairbanks - Alaska & Polar Regions Area Studies Bibliographer & Curator of…
via Input 4 RELCFP