byzxor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 4 days agoChrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent — That Privacy Guy!www.thatprivacyguy.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkChrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent — That Privacy Guy!www.thatprivacyguy.combyzxor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 4 days agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareJack@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-24 days agoThe linked page accesses at least 10 other sites for scripts, and is more than 2 MB big. It could have been a 458 byte page: Remove and prevent 4 GB Gemini nano install into Chrome, on Windows 11: Backup registry Start regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies right-click Policies, New, Key confirm Google, Enter right-click Google, New, Key confirm Chrome, Enter right-click Chrome, New, DWORD (32-bit) Value confirm GenAILocalFoundationalModelSettings, Enter right-click newly created key, Modify set value to 1 OK Restart computer.
The linked page accesses at least 10 other sites for scripts, and is more than 2 MB big. It could have been a 458 byte page:
Remove and prevent 4 GB Gemini nano install into Chrome, on Windows 11: