• forbiddencherry@lemmy.today
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    8 hours ago

    Gemini is already creeping me out with all the personal information Google is injecting into the AI context. So far I’ve seen my name, location and if I remember right, which vehicle I drive. Who knows what else is in there. I use DDG whenever I can, but sometimes a Google search is the only way to actually find something, so I see the Gemini junk as I’m scrolling down.

    Is there any way to have that info deleted and no longer collected or used by Google? Or is that kind of thing only for the lucky people in Europe?

    EDIT: Found it here: https://myactivity.google.com/product/gemini?hl=en-US

    • iamthetot@piefed.ca
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      6 hours ago

      I use DDG whenever I can, but sometimes a Google search is the only way to actually find something

      Do you have an example of something you had to use Google for because you couldn’t find it with DDG?

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        3 hours ago

        Not OP, but its true. There have been times I’ve searched and tweaked like 7 times. Go to google with my original text and its the first link. This is not common though.

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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        4 hours ago

        For me, I !g sometimes when I’m searching for specific gifs, and DDG isn’t getting me the results I need. For the most part, that’s it.

    • scytale@piefed.zip
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      7 hours ago

      You can use startpage. It just proxies your searches to google, so you get the same results as a direct google search. I think you can also use !g on DDG.