Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
No consent No opt-in No real opt-out for regular usersThis isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android@Tutanota Scratching my head: say we assume the best intents, is it better or worse than sending those requests to external server? Silent bloat or spyware?
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@Tutanota Damn. The RAM crisis forced Google to regular computers and laptops to get more RAM.
On the serious note, it isn't that surprising.
@The_Universality @Tutanota They want to crash all local devices so they can sell us AI-slop cloud laptops that we don't control.
Google's new motto: YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY! ALSO WE'RE TOTALLY EVIL!
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
No consent No opt-in No real opt-out for regular usersThis isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android@Tutanota install librewolf get rid chrome
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
No consent No opt-in No real opt-out for regular usersThis isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android@Tutanota next step, no more data center, but distributed LLM on our computers
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@Tutanota Time to change to Linux
@MokhtarStork @Tutanota As long as you still use Google Chrome on any OS, there's a chance of this happening again. I'd recommend using Cromite, Ungoogled Chromium or Helium instead. Hell, just drop the Chromium monopoly altogether and use LibreWolf, Mullvad Browser or Waterfox.
On Android, I'd recommend Cromite, Ironfox, Fennec, or Iodé.
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
No consent No opt-in No real opt-out for regular usersThis isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android@Tutanota On the bright side, none of my machines has the folder "OptGuideOnDeviceModel". So far so good! I'll keep a watch out for it.
As for Claude desktop - why would anyone install that anyway? -
@mast0d0nphan @MokhtarStork @Tutanota
It is important to be vigilant, no matter what one is using.
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@MokhtarStork @Tutanota As long as you still use Google Chrome on any OS, there's a chance of this happening again. I'd recommend using Cromite, Ungoogled Chromium or Helium instead. Hell, just drop the Chromium monopoly altogether and use LibreWolf, Mullvad Browser or Waterfox.
On Android, I'd recommend Cromite, Ironfox, Fennec, or Iodé.
@mast0d0nphan @Tutanota I NEVER used Google Chrome; Never will use Facebook again. My laptop is now Linux. Why? Can't stand 'electronic bugs'.
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@The_Universality @Tutanota They want to crash all local devices so they can sell us AI-slop cloud laptops that we don't control.
Google's new motto: YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY! ALSO WE'RE TOTALLY EVIL!
@mast0d0nphan @Tutanota Me enjoying a Linux desktop with Brave, Falkon & Tor.
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
No consent No opt-in No real opt-out for regular usersThis isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android@Tutanota Default <on> is the bad factor here. Rather, provide the European ‘browser-choice’ like feature.
And Apple .. should provide their own model as well, and bè a competitor on their own (branded?) platform. -
@Tutanota install librewolf get rid chrome
YES. Librewolf is the best.
Rundown on browsers. Skip to 15.00 or so to learn about Librewolf.
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
No consent No opt-in No real opt-out for regular usersThis isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-androidF.A.Z.: Vom USB-Stick zum KI-Speicher: So verdient Sandisk am KI-Boom.
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
No consent No opt-in No real opt-out for regular usersThis isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android@Tutanota ... are they going to insert it into electron like the USB drivers that thing had forever?
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
No consent No opt-in No real opt-out for regular usersThis isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android -
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
No consent No opt-in No real opt-out for regular usersThis isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android@Tutanota Insane, unregulated Tech Bros. It has to stop!
Delete weights.bin and create a dummy file with same name and set to read only.
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@Tutanota time to uninstall chrome xD
@oatrapado Exactly!
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
No consent No opt-in No real opt-out for regular usersThis isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android@Tutanota I just deleted Chrome from my iPhone.
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@Tutanota I just deleted Chrome from my iPhone.
@hoco Well done! What alternative are you using now?
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@Tutanota Time to change to Linux
@MokhtarStork Yes! We
️ Linux.
