Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it. The pattern is identical to the Anthropic Claude Desktop case I wrote about last month, but the scale is between two and three orders of magnitude larger. This article does the legal analysis and, for the first time, the environmental analysis. The numbers are not small.
Everything I’ve needed to use runs pretty great on GrapheneOS so far, and I’ve been on it for years now. The non-Android mobile Linuxs have a lot further to go (so I’ve heard), but may become the only option depending on what Google does to Android in the future.
Everything I’ve needed to use runs pretty great on GrapheneOS so far, and I’ve been on it for years now. The non-Android mobile Linuxs have a lot further to go (so I’ve heard), but may become the only option depending on what Google does to Android in the future.