![EvanLuthra's tweet photo. π¨GOOGLE JUST SILENTLY DOWNLOADED A 4GB AI MODEL TO YOUR COMPUTER WITHOUT ASKING.. WITHOUT TELLING YOU.. AND WITHOUT ANY WAY TO STOP IT..
If you use Chrome.. There's a good chance a 4 gigabyte file is sitting on your hard drive right now that you never agreed to download..
It's called Gemini Nano.. Google's on-device AI model.. A security researcher just proved it installs itself with zero clicks.. Zero prompts.. Zero notifications..
Alexander Hanff set up a completely fresh Chrome profile.. Didn't click anything.. Didn't scroll.. Didn't type a single keystroke.. Just opened the browser and watched..
14 minutes and 28 seconds later.. Chrome had silently scanned his hardware.. Read his GPU, RAM, and storage.. Then wrote a 4GB file to his hard drive.. No permission dialog.. Nothing..
Chrome's own logs show the download begins BEFORE the settings page where you could opt out is even loaded.. The file starts installing before the refusal button exists..
As of Chrome 148.. Any website you visit can trigger this download.. One line of JavaScript.. You click a link to read a blog post.. That click counts as "user activation".. And Chrome silently pulls 4GB in the background..
No install prompt.. No consent dialog.. Google's own docs admit this..
Your laptop overheats.. Storage disappears.. Battery drains.. And you have no idea why..
The model doesn't even work well.. Cloud requests take 1.3 seconds.. The local model at worst case takes over 9 minutes for a single response..
Google is using your storage, electricity, and bandwidth to run an AI that's 40 times slower than their own servers..
And the "AI Mode" button in Chrome's address bar.. Doesn't even use the local model.. It sends everything to Google's cloud anyway..
You pay the storage penalty.. The heat penalty.. The bandwidth penalty.. And the visible AI feature ignores the local file entirely..
Because Chrome fails to clean up old versions.. Users are finding 12GB or more of duplicate AI files stacked on their drives..
Palo Alto Networks found a vulnerability where a browser extension could hijack the local AI model's permissions.. Accessing your webcam.. Microphone.. Local files.. Through an AI you never installed..
Here's how to check if it's on your machine..
Windows.. C:\Users\[YourName]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\OptGuideOnDeviceModel\
Mac.. ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/OptGuideOnDeviceModel/
If there's a file called weights.bin.. Google downloaded their AI to your computer without asking..
To stop it.. Type chrome://flags.. Search "optimization-guide-on-device-model" and disable it.. Search "prompt-api-for-gemini-nano" and disable that too.. Restart Chrome.. Then manually delete the folder..
If you don't disable the flags first.. Chrome redownloads the 4GB file on next launch..
Firefox requires explicit opt-in for AI.. Apple Intelligence requires explicit consent.. Chrome just takes your hard drive..
Google didn't ask to use your storage.. Your electricity.. Your bandwidth..
They just took it.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HHllpnRbUAA7IOT.jpg)
Olivia
Online
aiki π΅ππ―ξ¨πͺπΊ
@aikiln
βππ©πͺπ΄ πΆπ΄π¦π³ πͺπ΄ π΄πΆπ΄π±π¦π€π΅π¦π₯ π°π§ π£π¦πͺπ―π¨ π±π’π³π΅ π°π§ π’ π΅π¦π³π³π°π³πͺπ΄π΅ π°π³π¨π’π―πͺπ»π’π΅πͺπ°π― π€π’πππ¦π₯ ππ―π΅πͺπ§π’.
Philippinen
Joined July 2009
1.5K Following
1.1K Followers
1.1K Posts
π¨GOOGLE JUST SILENTLY DOWNLOADED A 4GB AI MODEL TO YOUR COMPUTER WITHOUT ASKING.. WITHOUT TELLING YOU.. AND WITHOUT ANY WAY TO STOP IT..
If you use Chrome.. There's a good chance a 4 gigabyte file is sitting on your hard drive right now that you never agreed to download..
It's called Gemini Nano.. Google's on-device AI model.. A security researcher just proved it installs itself with zero clicks.. Zero prompts.. Zero notifications..
Alexander Hanff set up a completely fresh Chrome profile.. Didn't click anything.. Didn't scroll.. Didn't type a single keystroke.. Just opened the browser and watched..
14 minutes and 28 seconds later.. Chrome had silently scanned his hardware.. Read his GPU, RAM, and storage.. Then wrote a 4GB file to his hard drive.. No permission dialog.. Nothing..
Chrome's own logs show the download begins BEFORE the settings page where you could opt out is even loaded.. The file starts installing before the refusal button exists..
As of Chrome 148.. Any website you visit can trigger this download.. One line of JavaScript.. You click a link to read a blog post.. That click counts as "user activation".. And Chrome silently pulls 4GB in the background..
No install prompt.. No consent dialog.. Google's own docs admit this..
Your laptop overheats.. Storage disappears.. Battery drains.. And you have no idea why..
The model doesn't even work well.. Cloud requests take 1.3 seconds.. The local model at worst case takes over 9 minutes for a single response..
Google is using your storage, electricity, and bandwidth to run an AI that's 40 times slower than their own servers..
And the "AI Mode" button in Chrome's address bar.. Doesn't even use the local model.. It sends everything to Google's cloud anyway..
You pay the storage penalty.. The heat penalty.. The bandwidth penalty.. And the visible AI feature ignores the local file entirely..
Because Chrome fails to clean up old versions.. Users are finding 12GB or more of duplicate AI files stacked on their drives..
Palo Alto Networks found a vulnerability where a browser extension could hijack the local AI model's permissions.. Accessing your webcam.. Microphone.. Local files.. Through an AI you never installed..
Here's how to check if it's on your machine..
Windows.. C:\Users\[YourName]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\OptGuideOnDeviceModel\
Mac.. ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/OptGuideOnDeviceModel/
If there's a file called weights.bin.. Google downloaded their AI to your computer without asking..
To stop it.. Type chrome://flags.. Search "optimization-guide-on-device-model" and disable it.. Search "prompt-api-for-gemini-nano" and disable that too.. Restart Chrome.. Then manually delete the folder..
If you don't disable the flags first.. Chrome redownloads the 4GB file on next launch..
Firefox requires explicit opt-in for AI.. Apple Intelligence requires explicit consent.. Chrome just takes your hard drive..
Google didn't ask to use your storage.. Your electricity.. Your bandwidth..
They just took it.
![EvanLuthra's tweet photo. π¨GOOGLE JUST SILENTLY DOWNLOADED A 4GB AI MODEL TO YOUR COMPUTER WITHOUT ASKING.. WITHOUT TELLING YOU.. AND WITHOUT ANY WAY TO STOP IT..
If you use Chrome.. There's a good chance a 4 gigabyte file is sitting on your hard drive right now that you never agreed to download..
It's called Gemini Nano.. Google's on-device AI model.. A security researcher just proved it installs itself with zero clicks.. Zero prompts.. Zero notifications..
Alexander Hanff set up a completely fresh Chrome profile.. Didn't click anything.. Didn't scroll.. Didn't type a single keystroke.. Just opened the browser and watched..
14 minutes and 28 seconds later.. Chrome had silently scanned his hardware.. Read his GPU, RAM, and storage.. Then wrote a 4GB file to his hard drive.. No permission dialog.. Nothing..
Chrome's own logs show the download begins BEFORE the settings page where you could opt out is even loaded.. The file starts installing before the refusal button exists..
As of Chrome 148.. Any website you visit can trigger this download.. One line of JavaScript.. You click a link to read a blog post.. That click counts as "user activation".. And Chrome silently pulls 4GB in the background..
No install prompt.. No consent dialog.. Google's own docs admit this..
Your laptop overheats.. Storage disappears.. Battery drains.. And you have no idea why..
The model doesn't even work well.. Cloud requests take 1.3 seconds.. The local model at worst case takes over 9 minutes for a single response..
Google is using your storage, electricity, and bandwidth to run an AI that's 40 times slower than their own servers..
And the "AI Mode" button in Chrome's address bar.. Doesn't even use the local model.. It sends everything to Google's cloud anyway..
You pay the storage penalty.. The heat penalty.. The bandwidth penalty.. And the visible AI feature ignores the local file entirely..
Because Chrome fails to clean up old versions.. Users are finding 12GB or more of duplicate AI files stacked on their drives..
Palo Alto Networks found a vulnerability where a browser extension could hijack the local AI model's permissions.. Accessing your webcam.. Microphone.. Local files.. Through an AI you never installed..
Here's how to check if it's on your machine..
Windows.. C:\Users\[YourName]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\OptGuideOnDeviceModel\
Mac.. ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/OptGuideOnDeviceModel/
If there's a file called weights.bin.. Google downloaded their AI to your computer without asking..
To stop it.. Type chrome://flags.. Search "optimization-guide-on-device-model" and disable it.. Search "prompt-api-for-gemini-nano" and disable that too.. Restart Chrome.. Then manually delete the folder..
If you don't disable the flags first.. Chrome redownloads the 4GB file on next launch..
Firefox requires explicit opt-in for AI.. Apple Intelligence requires explicit consent.. Chrome just takes your hard drive..
Google didn't ask to use your storage.. Your electricity.. Your bandwidth..
They just took it.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HHllsTWaYAA1fe0.jpg)
π¨ Mayon volcano in the Philippines has erupted producing a massive pyroclastic flow...
@Ladyyuna22 Warum spricht man die Pflegekraft und den Pflegedienst nicht darauf an?
Diese Regierung hat nicht alle Tassen im Schrank! Herr Merz was soll das, gehen sie doch gleich zur AFD, da passen die gut hin!
Who to follow
TraumtΓ€nzerin IL
@jaylo_jf
Gen. X KrΓΌppelchen, 80% d.Zeit liegend, liebt BΓΌcher, politische Mitte, schΓ€tze Austausch nicht Einheitsmeinung
Lebensmotto: Think positive π
Heicapa ποΈ
@Heicapa1
Ein menschliches Wesen
#SeiEinMensch β€οΈ
Fietsenfee
@Fietsenfee
Meermensch mit 'nem Faible fΓΌr SprachgedΓΆhns und olle Fietsen.
Strickliesel.
Hundequeen.
Reagiert allergisch auf gefΓΌhlte Fakten und alternative Wahrheiten.
Je ΓΆfter ich heute den @bundeskanzler im TV sehe, desto mehr verachte ich ihn. Was fΓΌr eine Schande!
Strahlt ΓΌber Deutschland die Sonne, kotzt der Braune in die Tonne.
#Energiewende
Patrioten wΓ€hlen @Die_Gruenen
β¦β¦β¦zur freudigen Verwendung!
"Was das deutsche MΓ€del weiΓ: πππ
DEUTSCHER SONNENSTROM IST HEISS!" π©πͺ
#Energiewende
Danke fΓΌr die tolle Aktion.ππ₯°
Wer dieses Video von @SWagenknecht, in dem sie den #Atomausstieg und den Ausbau der Erneuerbaren Energien fordert, anschaut, liked, kommentiert oder verbreitet, beteiligt sich aktiv an der nΓ€chsten GrΓΌnen Schmutzkampagne!!!
@littlewisehen Und Tadalafil= Cialis gehen Prostata VergrΓΆΓerung, vor kurzem gelesen.
Warum heiΓt es Iran Krieg?
MΓΌsste das nicht Epstein Krieg heiΓen?
Wer dieses Video, in dem @Markus_Soeder erlΓ€utert, wieso der #Atomausstieg richtig war & wie er ihn entschlossen umgesetzt hat, anschaut, liked oder kommentiert, beteiligt sich aktiv an der nΓ€chsten GrΓΌnen Schmutzkampagne!!!
Hab ich das richtig verstanden? @GrimmVeronika_ bietet sich an einen Schluck Grundwasser aus der Region zu nehmen, wo in Zukunft Fracking stattfinden wird? Das ist aber ehrenhaft. Hoffe diese Nachricht erreicht. Sie soll einen Eindruck bekommen wie gut es schmecken wird. π€€π€€π€€
@nureineexe Gemeldet und geblockt β
Last Seen Users on Sotwe
Pencari Viral
Seen from Indonesia
Suriyeli aktiff
Seen from Turkey
ε°ηηη²Ύι
Seen from United States
Gay in Sudan Ψ³ΩΨ―Ψ§ΩΩ
Seen from Netherlands
VManiak Jilbab
Seen from Indonesia
Socks_lover
Seen from Pakistan
Jazz
Seen from Indonesia
hiyhit
Seen from Vietnam
William Roberts
Seen from Indonesia
Pop
Seen from Indonesia
Most Popular Users
Elon Musk 
@elonmusk
240.2M followers
Barack Obama
@barackobama
119.3M followers
Donald J. Trump
@realdonaldtrump
111.6M followers
Cristiano Ronaldo
@cristiano
109.2M followers
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
106.9M followers
Rihanna
@rihanna
97.3M followers
NASA
@nasa
92.1M followers
Justin Bieber
@justinbieber
90.6M followers
KATY PERRY
@katyperry
87M followers
Taylor Swift
@taylorswift13
80.8M followers
Lady Gaga
@ladygaga
72.3M followers
Kim Kardashian
@kimkardashian
69.5M followers
Virat Kohli
@imvkohli
68.8M followers
YouTube
@youtube
68.6M followers
Bill Gates
@billgates
63.5M followers
The Ellen Show
@theellenshow
62.5M followers
CNN
@cnn
61.9M followers
Neymar Jr
@neymarjr
61.4M followers
X
@x
60.9M followers
Selena Gomez
@selenagomez
60.1M followers