byzxor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 24 hours agoChrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent — That Privacy Guy!www.thatprivacyguy.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareBrad@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up32·23 hours agoHere’s the link from that article that explains how to disable and remove it, since the text of the article doesn’t include it. https://pureinfotech.com/stop-chrome-gemini-nano-download-windows-11/
minus-squareJack@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·20 hours 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.
minus-square14th_cylon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·22 hours agoI am pretty sure that the main way how how to remove it is to uninstall chrome, but i also think that if you cared, you wouldn’t be using chrome in the first place
Here’s the link from that article that explains how to disable and remove it, since the text of the article doesn’t include it.
https://pureinfotech.com/stop-chrome-gemini-nano-download-windows-11/
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:
I am pretty sure that the main way how how to remove it is to uninstall chrome, but i also think that if you cared, you wouldn’t be using chrome in the first place