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  "content": "CyrilXBT\n@cyrilXBT\n\nGOOGLE JUST SILENTLY DOWNLOADED A 4GB AI MODEL TO YOUR COMPUTER WITHOUT ASKING.\n\nNo permission dialog.\n\nNo notification.\n\nNo way to stop it.\n\nIf you use Chrome there is a 4 gigabyte file sitting on your hard drive right now that you never agreed to download.\n\nIt is called Gemini Nano.\n\nA security researcher just proved how it works.\n\nHe set up a completely fresh Chrome profile. Did not click anything. Did not scroll. Did not type a single keystroke.\n\nJust opened the browser and watched.\n\n14 minutes and 28 seconds later Chrome had silently scanned his GPU, RAM, and storage. Then wrote a 4GB file to his hard drive.\n\nNo prompt. No consent. Nothing.\n\nChrome's own logs show the download begins BEFORE the settings page where you could opt out is even loaded.\n\nThe file starts installing before the refusal button exists.\n\nAs of Chrome 148 any website you visit can trigger this download with one line of JavaScript.\n\nYou click a link to read a blog post. That click counts as user activation. Chrome pulls 4GB in the background silently.\n\nThe model does not even work well.\n\nCloud requests take 1.3 seconds. The local model at worst case takes over 9 minutes for a single response.\n\nGoogle is using your storage, electricity, and bandwidth to run an AI that is 40 times slower than their own servers.\n\nAnd the AI Mode button in Chrome does not even use the local model. It sends everything to Google's cloud anyway.\n\nYou pay every penalty. The visible feature ignores the local file entirely.\n\nCHECK IF IT IS ON YOUR MACHINE RIGHT NOW:\n\nWindows: C:\\Users\\[YourName]\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default\\OptGuideOnDeviceModel\\\n\nMac: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/OptGuideOnDeviceModel/\n\nIf there is a file called weights.bin Google downloaded their AI to your computer without asking.\n\nHOW TO REMOVE IT:\n\nType chrome://flags in your address bar.\n\nSearch \"optimization-guide-on-device-model\" and disable it.\n\nSearch \"prompt-api-for-gemini-nano\" and disable that too.\n\nRestart Chrome. Then manually delete the folder.\n\nIf you disable the flags AFTER deleting the folder Chrome redownloads the 4GB file on next launch.\n\nFirefox requires explicit opt-in for AI.\n\nApple Intelligence requires explicit consent.\n\nChrome just takes your hard drive.\n\nScreenshot this and send it to everyone you know who uses Chrome.\n\nFollow @cyrilXBT for every privacy and AI development the mainstream is not covering correctly.\n\nhttps://x.com/cyrilXBT/status/2055581616022732932",
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