As I've said ever since AI was announced...It's nothing but trouble!!! A hacker's playground and no way to stop it!!!

"Microsoft eggheads say AI can never be made secure – after testing Redmond's own products":

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/microsoft_ai_redteam_infosec_warning/

I'm getting tired of AI being the new buzzword. New phones/laptops come out and the focus is all on AI. What about those of us who don't want AI everything? Google has had their assistant thing for years and I rarely use it.

Quote from: Oldiesmann on Feb 08, 2025, 11:39 PMI'm getting tired of AI being the new buzzword. New phones/laptops come out and the focus is all on AI. What about those of us who don't want AI everything? Google has had their assistant thing for years and I rarely use it.

I will NEVER use it! Google is one of the biggest companies against privacy and for data mining and selling your data. I'm just about set to move away from gmail completely!

Quote from: Skhilled on Feb 09, 2025, 02:10 PMI'm just about set to move away from gmail completely!

The things is what do you use instead that's not premium service, and not MS, that can be trusted not to do the same as Google? I had Proton for a year as it was initially free. So as the account grew and mailbox started to get bigger I was suddenly above my 1GB allowance and they then wanted £50 for a year to move to a higher allowance.

I have the Mail Plus plan with Proton. So far, I'm happy with it and pay monthly...$4 isn't bad per month for me. They also keep updating it and adding more features.

I also have a free ZohoMail account for other things which works out very well. If you don't wish to pay then I suggest that you use both free services and split your email between as I did before I started paying for Proton.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I also get free Proton alaises and Simple Login alaises since they've purchased Simple Login. I can also use a custom domain to further hide me information.

I suppose I could start using the email addresses that come with the website. The only problem with that is when the hosting comes up for renewal if I don't renew with them then I lose the email.

I'll find something eventually, being a pensioner I have to think about what and where I spend my meagre pittance