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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago

Google Chrome Might Have Installed an AI Model Onto Your Device Without You Knowing

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Google Chrome Might Have Installed an AI Model Onto Your Device Without You Knowing

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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago
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Google Chrome May Have Quietly Installed a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device
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Here's how to determine if you have the 4GB AI model -- and how to get rid of it.
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    Really appreciate the trailblazing done by Firefox here…

    Can we just normalize beating ceos with blunt objects so we dont need to shuffle browsers every year? In fact I think that one simple trick may just fix society… And if not: it’ll be fantastic stress relief.

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    Pro tip: don’t install chrome

    • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
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      Hey, tell that to my company’s device management team 🫩

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        If your company want to install malware on their PCs, that’s their prerogative.

        • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
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          Yes, but I do have to use that crappy windows bullshit machine 😭

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            Refuse to use it unless you or someone else can install an OS that aligns with your values

            Software is Windows only? Make them let you use interoperable formats compatible with more ethical Unix-based software.

            Company is proprietary software/hardware dependent and cannot make space for you or ethical sources? Make them write you a good reference. Or just go

            • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
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              The job pays well, I make software I like, I have clients I like, and I don’t have to work with Google Chrome. Yes, I don’t like windows. No, I won’t look for a new job just because of windows.

              Besides that, I’m talking them into using Linux each day of the week. But it’s a big company and it will take time.

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    Doubtful. I’d need to have it installed for it to do that.

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  • FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world
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    Well, thanks to this article, it’s now disabled

    • Ulrich@feddit.org
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      Chrome?

      • FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world
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        Well, given that the article is about Chrome,

        Yes.

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          Eh, could have been whatever you were fisting

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    Can we move past this boring piece of news now?

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      You could have moved past it but you chose not to and commented instead. Weird.

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        Weird

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