<![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.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/e3c2e686-1e97-418a-aa82-8fd28f3ecf8a/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 NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:49:02 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 06:41:22 GMT]]>@campuscodi
Anyone still using Chrome deserves everything they get.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/drewtowler/statuses/116560237830279133https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fabiosantoscode/statuses/116560224739890477https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/wmd/statuses/116560194751582312https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/116560069656818145https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/koh_kun/statuses/116560054059516374https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/erwinrossen/statuses/116560038543410534https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/kwramm/statuses/116560035682160221https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.africa/users/kaasbaas/statuses/116560026275659746https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/TheStoneDonkey/statuses/116559895173507108https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/TheStoneDonkey/statuses/116559888818315945https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116559643938332201https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/grumpydad/statuses/116559563090370968https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mistonas/statuses/116559418848989111https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mausmalone/statuses/116559314470052262https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/pastorinni/statuses/116559234380447968https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/pastorinni/statuses/116559234380447968Tue, 12 May 2026 02:26:10 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 02:19:15 GMT]]>@campuscodi Evil is all like, DON'T BE GOOGLE.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115494710698880506/statuses/116559207169194599https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115494710698880506/statuses/116559207169194599Tue, 12 May 2026 02:19:15 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 02:13:12 GMT]]>@Lazarou @campuscodi

It would be way more complexity than it's worth.

I don't completely grasp what their angle is but I dimly see it's something to do with controlling how 3rd parties can access AI on your computer. It's about capabilities that aren't ripe yet more than the immediate uses. Guinea pig deployment.

The model itself is fairly innocuous. The bigger issue is just jamming 4GB+ of software on people that just wanted a damn web browser and don't GAF about AI.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/TheServitor/statuses/116559183395101840https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/TheServitor/statuses/116559183395101840Tue, 12 May 2026 02:13:12 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 02:08:44 GMT]]>@campuscodi damn. Time to reformat the chromebooks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/mcr314/statuses/116559165829939787https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/mcr314/statuses/116559165829939787Tue, 12 May 2026 02:08:44 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 01:50:07 GMT]]>@campuscodi it is a slippery slope now for big tech ai, a caveman could do it me some milk or else go home

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/gary_alderson/statuses/116559092609239067https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/gary_alderson/statuses/116559092609239067Tue, 12 May 2026 01:50:07 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 01:49:01 GMT]]>@campuscodi Google: I am altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite/statuses/116559088305314369https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite/statuses/116559088305314369Tue, 12 May 2026 01:49:01 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 01:43:09 GMT]]>@campuscodi could they be using people's PCs to compute their AI like the malware mines crypto?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lazarou/statuses/116559065229467033https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lazarou/statuses/116559065229467033Tue, 12 May 2026 01:43:09 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 01:28:34 GMT]]>@campuscodi Local as in sucks up local eleceicity.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AMS/statuses/116559007897427413https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/AMS/statuses/116559007897427413Tue, 12 May 2026 01:28:34 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 00:47:57 GMT]]>@campuscodi

Insert Always Has Been gif here.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SpaceLifeForm/statuses/116558848134789396https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SpaceLifeForm/statuses/116558848134789396Tue, 12 May 2026 00:47:57 GMT