Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device 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 https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
> No consent dialog. No opt-out UI. Re-installs itself if the user removes it manually.
That is the true definition of malware.
@nixCraft did anyone at @bsi and/or @certbund / @cert_eu catch this?
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ > No consent dialog. No opt-out UI. Re-installs itself if the user removes it manually. That is the true definition of malware.
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
> No consent dialog. No opt-out UI. Re-installs itself if the user removes it manually.
That is the true definition of malware.
@nixCraft Does anyone know whether this is confined to the Chrome browser? Is this a potential issue for Chromium-based browsers, too? (Such as Firefox, Vivaldi, etc.)
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
> No consent dialog. No opt-out UI. Re-installs itself if the user removes it manually.
That is the true definition of malware.
@nixCraft Interesting points about GDPR here
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@etbe is this macOS or linux distro ?
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
> No consent dialog. No opt-out UI. Re-installs itself if the user removes it manually.
That is the true definition of malware.
@nixCraft what is this lawyer's name and what jurisdiction is the lawyer licensed to practice law? The lack of these two essential facts on the website is troubling.
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@nixCraft Does anyone know whether this is confined to the Chrome browser? Is this a potential issue for Chromium-based browsers, too? (Such as Firefox, Vivaldi, etc.)
@clickhere @nixCraft
Firefox is not Chromium-based so this particular one is not related. As for Vivaldi they explicitly have not included any AI in the browser, and i just checked and it doesn't have this -
@nixCraft can that llm-Model be abducted and repurposed to something useful?
@Reinald @nixCraft yes, https://huggingface.co/oongaboongahacker/Gemini-Nano it's also in the Android SDK, any app can freely use it: https://developer.android.com/ai/gemini-nano it's been a thing since 2024 or so.
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@clickhere @nixCraft
Firefox is not Chromium-based so this particular one is not related. As for Vivaldi they explicitly have not included any AI in the browser, and i just checked and it doesn't have this@jherazob Thanks and thanks!
That's so weird, I don't know why I had that in my head about FF..
And thanks for checking Vivaldi - fingers crossed it stays that way. (I'm a big fan of theirs, but since I've been burned by so many companies, it's always "for now"..)
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@clickhere @nixCraft
That said, Firefox *IS* going all-in on the AI bug in their own way ("Our Torment Nexus will be Open Source and ethical!"), that's why i migrated to Librewolf, which strips off all these non-features, one of like 3 spinoffs that do similar things (the others were Zen Browser and Waterfox, Floorp went vibe-code, so save for that one any of the other 3 will serve you well enough and choosing one is a matter of taste) -
@clickhere @nixCraft
That said, Firefox *IS* going all-in on the AI bug in their own way ("Our Torment Nexus will be Open Source and ethical!"), that's why i migrated to Librewolf, which strips off all these non-features, one of like 3 spinoffs that do similar things (the others were Zen Browser and Waterfox, Floorp went vibe-code, so save for that one any of the other 3 will serve you well enough and choosing one is a matter of taste) -
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