[kwlug-disc] GMail, profile photo, and privacy: HOW'd it DO that?!?

[Mikalai Birukou]

> Google's Neural Network is smart in some cases, and stupid in others.
>
> In a bygone era, a family member would travel, and email the others
> their itinerary from whatever booking site they used. Others in the
> household would then get alerts on their phone: reminder for flights
> and weather in the destination city.
>
> It can't tell the difference between the person traveling and others
> that have received the itinerary in their inbox.
>
> Happened several times over a couple of years, so not just a one time 
> glitch.

We need this things to be documented and talked about more often.

Glitches are cute, but the elephant here is "reading content of emails" 
by big/any co.