Google Gemini scans files on Google Drive without permission – can't be disabled

Based on a single tweet without any evidence provided, this is news now...

> What's more, Bankston did eventually find the settings toggle in question...

> For Bankston, the issue seems localized to Google Drive, and only happens after pressing the Gemini button on at least one document. The matching document type (in this case, PDF) will subsequently automatically trigger Google Gemini for all future files of the same type opened within Google Drive. He additionally theorizes that it may have been caused by him enabling Google Workspace Labs back in 2023, which could be overriding the intended Gemini AI settings.

Surely, there can’t be any disadvantages to putting one’s files on an external server they cannot control, operating under a one sided legal agreement with zero leverage.

Color me shocked.