<![CDATA["Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking....]]>"Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking....
The only ways to make the deletion stick are to disable Chrome's AI features through chrome://flags or enterprise policy"

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9de7f67f-3537-49b6-87fb-382085594b50/google-chrome-is-reaching-into-users-machines-and-writing-a-4-gb-on-device-ai-model-file-to-disk-without-asking....RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 08:05:39 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 12:14:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking.... on Tue, 12 May 2026 17:37:53 GMT]]>@ChristosArgyrop
Actually the easiest way to prevent any future breaches of trust is to permenantly uninstall it from all your devices and never look back.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://metroholografix.ca/ap/users/116280891444983122/statuses/116562819378500749https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://metroholografix.ca/ap/users/116280891444983122/statuses/116562819378500749Tue, 12 May 2026 17:37:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking.... on Tue, 12 May 2026 00:36:20 GMT]]>@ChristosArgyrop I deleted chrome off my computer. I very rarely use it anyway, and it had the audacity to open a window when it was all done and asked me. Why can you tell us why this is why Google.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TerryDay/statuses/116558802500059685https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TerryDay/statuses/116558802500059685Tue, 12 May 2026 00:36:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking.... on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:18:13 GMT]]>@ChristosArgyrop ...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...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knowprose/statuses/116521926197213390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knowprose/statuses/116521926197213390Tue, 05 May 2026 12:18:13 GMT