<![CDATA[Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device]]>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 users

This 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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5959cc6e-78c1-4ec0-aa78-fd7c16e9955c/google-chrome-silently-installs-a-4-gb-gemini-nano-ai-model-on-your-deviceRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:53:04 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 09:14:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:29:35 GMT]]>@Tutanota ... are they going to insert it into electron like the USB drivers that thing had forever?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ra6bit/statuses/116522206858153052https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ra6bit/statuses/116522206858153052Tue, 05 May 2026 13:29:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:23:54 GMT]]>F.A.Z.: Vom USB-Stick zum KI-Speicher: So verdient Sandisk am KI-Boom.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jan_arie/statuses/116522184481864479https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jan_arie/statuses/116522184481864479Tue, 05 May 2026 13:23:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:15:19 GMT]]>@yaqubpk @Tutanota

YES. Librewolf is the best.

Rundown on browsers. Skip to 15.00 or so to learn about Librewolf.

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Savvyhomestead/statuses/116522150756815039https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Savvyhomestead/statuses/116522150756815039Tue, 05 May 2026 13:15:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:14:06 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hotelbreakfast/statuses/116522145945503710https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hotelbreakfast/statuses/116522145945503710Tue, 05 May 2026 13:14:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:08:31 GMT]]>@mast0d0nphan @Tutanota Me enjoying a Linux desktop with Brave, Falkon & Tor.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.novotnykrystof.com/ap/users/116220969522838505/statuses/116522124029932462https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.novotnykrystof.com/ap/users/116220969522838505/statuses/116522124029932462Tue, 05 May 2026 13:08:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:58:59 GMT]]>@mast0d0nphan @Tutanota I NEVER used Google Chrome; Never will use Facebook again. My laptop is now Linux. Why? Can't stand 'electronic bugs'.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/ap/users/116436283925288364/statuses/116522086557448506https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/ap/users/116436283925288364/statuses/116522086557448506Tue, 05 May 2026 12:58:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:51:14 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pa27/statuses/116522056030832450https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pa27/statuses/116522056030832450Tue, 05 May 2026 12:51:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:45:51 GMT]]>@ClintonAnderson @MokhtarStork @Tutanota https://beige.party/@mast0d0nphan/116522033827491424

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116522034889211489https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116522034889211489Tue, 05 May 2026 12:45:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:45:35 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116522033827491424https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116522033827491424Tue, 05 May 2026 12:45:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:45:21 GMT]]>@Tutanota next step, no more data center, but distributed LLM on our computers

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fichusalon/statuses/116522032895387013https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fichusalon/statuses/116522032895387013Tue, 05 May 2026 12:45:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:40:19 GMT]]>@Tutanota install librewolf get rid chrome

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yaqubpk/statuses/116522013117798519https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yaqubpk/statuses/116522013117798519Tue, 05 May 2026 12:40:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:39:49 GMT]]>@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!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116522011144871893https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116522011144871893Tue, 05 May 2026 12:39:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:17:31 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/locha/statuses/116521923475426169https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/locha/statuses/116521923475426169Tue, 05 May 2026 12:17:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:13:08 GMT]]>@Tutanota but how is this model expected to run on my crappy hardware?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/feyter/statuses/116521906243206356https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/feyter/statuses/116521906243206356Tue, 05 May 2026 12:13:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:07:22 GMT]]>@Tutanota Don't be Evil

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lemgandi/statuses/116521883566636531https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lemgandi/statuses/116521883566636531Tue, 05 May 2026 12:07:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 11:53:31 GMT]]>@Tutanota It's not a "can" or "can not" situation. It's a "Google allows you to do that" situation.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/ap/users/115963647174957937/statuses/116521712552996758https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/ap/users/115963647174957937/statuses/116521712552996758Tue, 05 May 2026 11:23:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:48:25 GMT]]>@Tutanota

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Chantology/statuses/116521573089239752https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Chantology/statuses/116521573089239752Tue, 05 May 2026 10:48:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:47:34 GMT]]>@Tutanota For those who wonder about the CO2 cost, here is a direct quote

At Chrome's scale, the climate bill for one model push, paid in atmospheric CO2 by the entire planet, is between six thousand and sixty thousand tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions, depending on how many devices receive the push. That is the environmental cost of one company unilaterally deciding that two billion peoples' default browser will mass-distribute a 4 GB binary they did not request.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://livellosegreto.it/users/lbroggi/statuses/116521569754236125https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://livellosegreto.it/users/lbroggi/statuses/116521569754236125Tue, 05 May 2026 10:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:42:55 GMT]]>@Tutanota Time to change to Linux

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/ap/users/116436283925288364/statuses/116521551505839471https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/ap/users/116436283925288364/statuses/116521551505839471Tue, 05 May 2026 10:42:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:29:25 GMT]]>@leberschnitzel @Tutanota

Didn't get past the clickbite title, but now I'll have a look...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/n_dimension/statuses/116521498405735064https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/n_dimension/statuses/116521498405735064Tue, 05 May 2026 10:29:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:29:18 GMT]]>@Tutanota there’s something obscene about using the nano prefix on something so large.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/c0dec0dec0de/statuses/116521497923393323https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/c0dec0dec0de/statuses/116521497923393323Tue, 05 May 2026 10:29:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:27:09 GMT]]>@n_dimension you mean like at 2/3rds through the article? @Tutanota

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://existiert.ch/users/leberschnitzel/statuses/116521489515557769https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://existiert.ch/users/leberschnitzel/statuses/116521489515557769Tue, 05 May 2026 10:27:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:22:56 GMT]]>@Tutanota I really like the Gemini AI model. I have been using it from the google website, and it seems like it is miles ahead of all others.

This is likely because Google has the largest Data Set of all. The other companies on have a small fraction of the Dataset that Google has, and likewise only fractional access to additional data through scraping/polls

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dckim/statuses/116521472938241891https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dckim/statuses/116521472938241891Tue, 05 May 2026 10:22:56 GMT