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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. (www.thatprivacyguy.com)

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[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it sleazy? Absolutely. Is it exploitation of a massive power imbalance? Undoubtedly. Is it illegal? Probably about as illegal as a game pre-loading 4gb of DLC I'm not going to buy as part of an automatic update. The terms of your agreement with Google for Chrome allow them to update their software as they see fit. Their gamble is that you won't switch.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

A person really does give up a lot of control to Google when they use Chrome. If the article instead said Google was using the model for everything and it was a big privacy gain for consumers that might never have raised eyebrows about whatever size file. They push big updates all day long