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

Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking.

Chrome installs a file called weights.bin (~4 GB) in a hidden folder (OptGuideOnDeviceModel).
This file contains the Gemini Nano on-device AI model.

If you delete the file, Chrome reinstalls it automatically.
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>Complains about a 4GB file
>Posts screencap of a 12KB file
Huh
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>>108763850
Vivaldi doesn't have this problem :)
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>>108763850
sorry not a chromejeet, but sorry to hear that bro, keep using shitty software
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>>108763958
I think this was a sort of mobilization/awareness call more than a generic flamewar thread
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WHO BRAVE?!?
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so is the model good?
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I'm surprised it took them this long. I never trusted Gargle with my bits and bytes. Who Waterfox master race up in here?
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Imagine installing jewgle malware
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>>108763850
So if I were to install Chrome on my Chromebook it would take up a third of the hard drive
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>>108763850
I download 4k linux distros without consent and theyre over 40gb each
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>>108763850
>without consent
you didn't read the terms and conditions
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>>108763850
I don't use chrome but what if I delete the file, touch the filename as root and remove write access to the file for a normal user account. The file will be there so it can't make a new one but the user won't have permission to change the file.
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>>108763997
it's so called gemini nano
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I don't use chrome for much, just random shit that refuses to work right in FF. Deleted everything in the directory and chownd it as root. Chrome can't write to it so it can get fucked.
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>>108763850
LMFAO
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>>108763850
>local AI
Uhh based? they care about privacy
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>>108763850
Ungoogled Chromium doesn't have this problem.
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>>108764893
>they care about privacy
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>>108763992
Brave will copy this in 2 weeks.
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>>108763850
Why is orange reddit defending this so vehemently?
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Most mobile users still pay by the Gigabyte, Google is probably going to have to pay out big now. And 1GB plans are still common at the ultra low end.
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Local AI: based.
Forcing me to DL a 4GB model I don't fucking want: go fuck yourself.
Simple.
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Trannyfox has an AI kill switch thoughBEIT
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Is this going to fuck with Supermium at all?
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so what kind of LLM is this exactly ? what inference engine are they using ? why is it a .bin and not something normal like a .gguf ? how many parameters & which quantization ?
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>>108767197
>orange reddit
Is this a specific website I'm not catching a reference to or do you refer to every website by it s primary scheme color as in epithet
anyway it's weird, every single thing on reddit that's even mildly critical of ai gets blammed into oblivion. It's incredibly unsubtle, I'm just surprised at how thorough it is
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>>108763850
Can 4GB local models do anything? I thought I'd need 32GB on a fancy GPU before considering local models.
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>>108763850
Ok. What are you going to do about? Little bitch.
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>>108763850
>muh 4 gigas!
>muh consent!
>help I'm being gigabyte-raped!
I don't see why people are upset that Google is giving out more model weights. Anyone figure out how to run inference with it outside of chrome?
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>>108764965
This!
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>>108772500
You're way behind the times. Qwen has a 0.8B text and vision model that is less than 1GB. I'll say it again, text AND vision, it can fucking read images and knows what you're looking at.
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>>108772332
>every single thing on reddit that's even mildly critical of ai gets blammed into oblivion
You must have browsed some bizarro reddit then
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>>108763850
not my problem, it never downloaded for me because I am smart:
chrome://flags/#enable-lens-overlay > Disabled
chrome://flags/#omnibox-contextual-suggestions > Disabled
chrome://flags/#lens-overlay-omnibox-entry-point > Disabled
chrome://flags/#ai-mode-omnibox-entry-point > Disabled
chrome://flags/#omnibox-allow-ai-mode-matches > Disabled
chrome://flags/#prompt-api-for-gemini-nano > Disabled
chrome://flags/#prompt-api-for-gemini-nano-multimodal-input > Disabled
chrome://flags/#summarization-api-for-gemini-nano > Disabled
chrome://flags/#writer-api-for-gemini-nano > Disabled
chrome://flags/#rewriter-api-for-gemini-nano > Disabled
chrome://flags/#proofreader-api-for-gemini-nano > Disabled
chrome://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling > Disabled
chrome://flags/#autofill-enable-ai-based-amount-extraction > Disabled
chrome://flags/#lens-reinvocation-affordance > Disabled
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>>108772791
Wow, cool. Thanks, bro!
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>>108764688
It will error out, and they will dispatch a mossad agent to eliminate you.
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unconfirmed reports indicate the .bin is a Gemma Nano.
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>>108764880
>>108763914
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>>108764893
Yeah, I love local AI in my browser. Firefox's local translation features(selected text, full page, or about:translations) are the best.
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>>108773057
just use ungoogled chromium
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>>108763850
ok retard
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>>108763850
Will uninstalling Chrome delete the damn thing or do I have to manually hunt that shit?
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>>108772332
Technically, 'orange reddit' is reddit that supports cheeto hitler. /pol/-tier.
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>>108763992
>>108764880
>2020 Brave did MITM attack on user's cryptocurrency exchange searches with affiliate referral links without disclosure
>BAT token theft and data misuse have been substantiated by independent investigation
>Brave lacks reproducible builds—binaries unverifiable against source, de facto proprietary black box
>non-free proprietary browser (source-available)
>intercepts traffic, injects affiliate/referral codes into URLs without consent
>tied to Google monopoly, inherits telemetry, Safe Browsing API, WebRTC leaks
>logs searches, calls home to Google, BAT/ad network monetizes user behavior
>data selling, keylogging, stolen funds—disputed
>rebranded third-party services, unclear logging policies, DNS leak
>Manifest V3 weakens ad-blocking, restricts uBlock Origin, permits Google-signed extension bypasses
>proprietary blobs/API keys absent from source despite MPL 2.0, self-compiled builds strip official branding
>built-in crypto wallet/BAT adds attack surface and enables covert financial tracking
>paid advertising, referral programs, crypto incentives prioritize revenue over privacy
>recommended alternatives LibreWolf, Abrowser, Floorp, Firefox forks with reproducible builds, stripped telemetry
>privacy-focused users urged to choose verifiable, non-Chromium browsers over Brave
>verify network behavior via MITM proxy + root cert; prefer PGP over trusting vendors



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