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Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users' PCs

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Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users' PCs

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 days ago

Google's web browser has been "silently" installing an AI model on users' devices without asking for consent.

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Blatantly illegal, everyone shrugs.
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  wishing it was illegal is slightly different from it actually being illegal

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