Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers

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Post by newsoftheday » Thu, May 07, 2026, 3:56 PM UTC

Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers
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Re: Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers

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Post by avdelazeri » Thu, May 07, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

And right after https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48019219 huh

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Post by askonomm » Thu, May 07, 2026, 4:45 PM UTC

I mean to be expected of Google. Even their Google Pay sends data to their servers whenever you use it to make payments, effectively also making it so you can't even use it without service. Apple Pay does not, runs the whole thing on-device, and not only is private, but as a result also enables payments entirely offline.

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Post by jcgrillo » Thu, May 07, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC

They're probably doing some degenerate form of [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_computing

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Post by headwayoldest » Thu, May 07, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC

As soon as "don't be evil" became a topic for debate it was over, if you're surprised you haven't been paying attention.

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Thu, May 07, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC

Google weighs in on Chrome's weights.bin controversy https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-weights-bin-f...

Re: Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC

Al or AI?

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Post by greenavocado » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:11 PM UTC

Temporary escape hatch: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium

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Post by ulfw » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #7

Al or AI?

It's Google. It's AIs

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Post by gchamonlive » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC

askonomm wrote: post #3

I mean to be expected of Google. Even their Google Pay sends data to their servers whenever you use it to make payments, effectively also making it so you can't even use it without service. Apple Pay does not, runs the whole thing on-device, and not only is private, but as a result also enables payments entirely offline.

Maybe it sends the payload after coming back online, but for I can for instance leave with only my galaxy watch 6, which doesn't have esim, and I'm able to make payments as long as I connect it with my phone before leaving the house.