Yes. Email has always been one of the more vulnerable parts of the computer ecosystem, because any stranger can use it to send a (malicious) file into your computer or server for processing.
Simpler email is safer. Every new feature has bugs. Some bugs are vulnerabilities.
Gmail adding learning models is creating a new risk for you.
How large that risk is, has yet to be discovered.
My armchair opinion is that the new risk is minimal, compared to the rest of the risks of using email. But time will tell.
I’m the meantime, if I still used Gmail, I would turn the LLM features off and let someone else discover how risky it is. (Edit: It’s really probably fine, but I’m very risk averse with my email.)
I also agree that it’s time for rational people to leave Gmail, if they can. But my reasons are privacy reasons, rather than security reasons.
Yes. Email has always been one of the more vulnerable parts of the computer ecosystem, because any stranger can use it to send a (malicious) file into your computer or server for processing.
Simpler email is safer. Every new feature has bugs. Some bugs are vulnerabilities.
Gmail adding learning models is creating a new risk for you.
How large that risk is, has yet to be discovered.
My armchair opinion is that the new risk is minimal, compared to the rest of the risks of using email. But time will tell.
I’m the meantime, if I still used Gmail, I would turn the LLM features off and let someone else discover how risky it is. (Edit: It’s really probably fine, but I’m very risk averse with my email.)
I also agree that it’s time for rational people to leave Gmail, if they can. But my reasons are privacy reasons, rather than security reasons.