Google Chrome installs a 4 GB AI model on users' devices without their consent.
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Google Chrome installs a 4 GB AI model on users' devices without their consent.
Parent: AIEntity: Google ChromeImpact: negativeDate: May 5, 2026 - May 9, 2026Target: Google Chrome installs a 4 GB AI model on users' devices without their consent.
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
Link: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48019219
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“Google #Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device.” - #privacy #firefox #ironfox #librefox #duckduckgo - #datenschutz
> No consent
> No opt-out ui
> Reinstalls if removed manually
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
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#chrome#privacy#firefox#ironfox#librefox#duckduckgo
This is very good, thorough, and sobering.
"Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane."
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
#ai #chrome #google
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
1 boosts · 1 favs · 0 replies · May 6, 2026
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
#Google #Chrome #AI #Security #Privacy
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
Link: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48019219
1 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · May 5, 2026
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
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- URL: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48019219
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#Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB #AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
> Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is identical to the Anthropic Claude Desktop case I wrote about last month, but the scale is between two and three orders of magnitude larger. This article does the legal analysis and, for the first time, the environmental analysis. The numbers are not small.
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#google#ai
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
Link: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48019219
0 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · May 5, 2026
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48019219
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Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent — That Privacy Guy!
https://beehaw.org/post/26165252
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#technology
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.
https://piefed.world/c/fuck_ai/p/1085434/google-chrome-silently-installs-a-4-gb-ai-model-on-your-device-without-consent-at-a-bill
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent - https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
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