<![CDATA[Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers.]]>Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers.

That's now gone, meaning your local AI sends data to Google, so it's not that local.

https://old.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/1t5qayz/chrome_removes_claim_of_ondevice_al_not_sending/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/fe86cf8d-2450-49f0-9ab3-83eb907052ca/redditors-have-caught-google-secretly-updating-its-chrome-terms-of-service-to-remove-a-line-that-guaranteed-that-local-ai-models-won-t-send-data-to-google-servers.RSS for NodeWed, 13 May 2026 20:21:56 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 00:24:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 10:12:04 GMT]]>@vonxylofon @TheStoneDonkey @Mistonas You put it stronger than I did, but I think I actually agree with you.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/erwinrossen/statuses/116561066390269255https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/erwinrossen/statuses/116561066390269255Tue, 12 May 2026 10:12:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 09:38:23 GMT]]>@campuscodi google cant help themselves lol

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116549023922335354/statuses/116560933934278981https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116549023922335354/statuses/116560933934278981Tue, 12 May 2026 09:38:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 09:12:28 GMT]]>@mcr314 @campuscodi That's quite doable, see https://eerlijkdigitaalonderwijs.nl/hoe-bevrijd-je-een-chromebook/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/CEDO/statuses/116560831999515295https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/CEDO/statuses/116560831999515295Tue, 12 May 2026 09:12:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:14 GMT]]>@campuscodi how is this even legal...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://witter.cz/users/radekcrlik/statuses/116560783912775113https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://witter.cz/users/radekcrlik/statuses/116560783912775113Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 07:55:04 GMT]]>@erwinrossen @TheStoneDonkey @Mistonas I, who have a moderately good grasp of the problem at hand, and yet was surprised the other day that websites have access to your phone's inclinometer, can barely make an informed decision about my privacy here. I was degoogled for a few years, and it was quite a pain, TBH.

A normal person can't. make. an. informed. decision. It is simply out of their grasp unless they choose to spend every waking minute gathering information solely about this problem.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://witter.cz/users/vonxylofon/statuses/116560527638337010https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://witter.cz/users/vonxylofon/statuses/116560527638337010Tue, 12 May 2026 07:55:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 07:40:25 GMT]]>@campuscodi
How did that line get in therein the first place?

It's Google. Sending your data to their servers is what they do.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116216635389955538/statuses/116560470081032537https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116216635389955538/statuses/116560470081032537Tue, 12 May 2026 07:40:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 07:32:20 GMT]]>@campuscodi I mean, duh

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.lv/users/peteriskrisjanis/statuses/116560438287993778https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.lv/users/peteriskrisjanis/statuses/116560438287993778Tue, 12 May 2026 07:32:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 06:43:59 GMT]]>@campuscodi

"Do no evil"

now:

"Do maximum evil"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/dianea/statuses/116560248135638732https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/dianea/statuses/116560248135638732Tue, 12 May 2026 06:43:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 06:42:46 GMT]]>@campuscodi
Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers.

That's now gone, meaning your local AI sends data to Google, so it's not that local.
Und DGSVO.

EU Schläft weiter und lässt Be Evil Co weiter Bürger Rechte Misachten.

EU Still soundly asleep and letting be evil company google get away with stealing citizens data.

Android und Play store sind usa espionage tools.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Kerplunk/statuses/116560243347924719https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Kerplunk/statuses/116560243347924719Tue, 12 May 2026 06:42:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 06:41:22 GMT]]>@campuscodi
Anyone still using Chrome deserves everything they get.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/drewtowler/statuses/116560237830279133https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/drewtowler/statuses/116560237830279133Tue, 12 May 2026 06:41:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 06:38:02 GMT]]>@koh_kun @campuscodi it only localizes the energy spend while keeping the profitable data stream coming. That's sneaky.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fabiosantoscode/statuses/116560224739890477https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fabiosantoscode/statuses/116560224739890477Tue, 12 May 2026 06:38:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 06:30:24 GMT]]>@TheStoneDonkey @Mistonas was 'we didn't know' not always the excuse of the masses?

Education is more than a privilege; it's also an responsibility to society.

With power comes responsibility, can't do one without the other.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/wmd/statuses/116560194751582312https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/wmd/statuses/116560194751582312Tue, 12 May 2026 06:30:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 05:58:36 GMT]]>@campuscodi Google are like stalkers and thieves. They have no respect for their users.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/116560069656818145https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/116560069656818145Tue, 12 May 2026 05:58:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 05:54:38 GMT]]>@campuscodi Google: Guys no, it's just our new offering "Local+". It gathers info locally and just "re-localizes" it to another location that is more local to me and my clients, that's all! Nothing remotely fishy (hehe) about this at all!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/koh_kun/statuses/116560054059516374https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/koh_kun/statuses/116560054059516374Tue, 12 May 2026 05:54:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 05:50:41 GMT]]>@TheStoneDonkey @Mistonas Even if you tell people, they don't care. Maybe they need to hear it from multiple angles and repeatedly, but just knowing about it is not enough to give up the comfortable life.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/erwinrossen/statuses/116560038543410534https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/erwinrossen/statuses/116560038543410534Tue, 12 May 2026 05:50:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 05:49:57 GMT]]>@campuscodi serves people right for using Chrome. Been saying it for years, but people are like "no, everyone uses it, blah blah"... and unlike Edge you can't even use the excuse that it's been pre-installed. Using Chrome is a choice.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/kwramm/statuses/116560035682160221https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/kwramm/statuses/116560035682160221Tue, 12 May 2026 05:49:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 05:47:34 GMT]]>@campuscodi oh no! the obvious, predictable and predicted thing has come to pass!
if only somebody had warned us!

*faints dramatically onto day bed*

This timeline is so bloody stupid.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.africa/users/kaasbaas/statuses/116560026275659746https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.africa/users/kaasbaas/statuses/116560026275659746Tue, 12 May 2026 05:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 05:14:13 GMT]]>@Mistonas in fairness most people have no idea, they don't follow this kind of news so it never reaches them.  The media could cover it but you know that's not happening anymore.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/TheStoneDonkey/statuses/116559895173507108https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/TheStoneDonkey/statuses/116559895173507108Tue, 12 May 2026 05:14:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 05:12:36 GMT]]>@campuscodi I guess tomorrow I completely uninstall it.. I've been using Firefox for about a year and kept chrome around in case of compatibility issues.. I've opened it maybe twice over that time.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/TheStoneDonkey/statuses/116559888818315945https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/TheStoneDonkey/statuses/116559888818315945Tue, 12 May 2026 05:12:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 04:10:20 GMT]]>@campuscodi
*Darth Vader Voice* "I altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it further!"

Why do people still use that ?
- Use @torproject / (and maybe @Waterfox if you have to use Websites run by assholes that block !)…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116559643938332201https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116559643938332201Tue, 12 May 2026 04:10:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 03:49:46 GMT]]>@campuscodi My guess is that it always did. This is just legal covering of ass.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/grumpydad/statuses/116559563090370968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/grumpydad/statuses/116559563090370968Tue, 12 May 2026 03:49:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 03:13:05 GMT]]>@campuscodi The problem is not Google, the problem are the people who don't care about any of it. Voting with your feet (leaving the product) would force the company to make changes for the good. People don't care.

We are quickly becoming a distopian world.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mistonas/statuses/116559418848989111https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mistonas/statuses/116559418848989111Tue, 12 May 2026 03:13:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 02:46:32 GMT]]>@campuscodi lol ... this is amazing. So you foot the bill for all the compute but they still get the surveillance out of it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mausmalone/statuses/116559314470052262https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mausmalone/statuses/116559314470052262Tue, 12 May 2026 02:46:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Redditors have caught Google secretly updating its Chrome terms of service to remove a line that guaranteed that local AI models won't send data to Google servers. on Tue, 12 May 2026 02:26:10 GMT]]>@campuscodi Google being Google. Never disappointing, we need to recognize.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/pastorinni/statuses/116559234380447968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/pastorinni/statuses/116559234380447968Tue, 12 May 2026 02:26:10 GMT