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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy! (www.thatprivacyguy.com)

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[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

The real issue is waste of backup medium space IMO.

[-] turdas@suppo.fi 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, bloating the install size is the main problem with this. Users running out of storage space is inconvenient, but has no real bearing on climate or privacy.

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