sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoGoogle Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.www.thatprivacyguy.comexternal-linkmessage-square334linkfedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down123cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipprivacy@programming.devtechnology@beehaw.orghackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1external-linkGoogle Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.www.thatprivacyguy.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square334linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipprivacy@programming.devtechnology@beehaw.orghackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squaredaggermoon@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoI think the rootkit was only on CD’s sold in North America. I could be wrong though.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days ago…did you mean to say Korea?
minus-squaredaggermoon@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoWhat do you mean? I don’t follow.
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoYe it was fucked up, I can’t believe both how evil AND conceited they were to think they’d get away with it! Fuck Sony, nothing has improved since then.
I think the rootkit was only on CD’s sold in North America. I could be wrong though.
…did you mean to say Korea?
What do you mean? I don’t follow.
Nope Europe too
major L
Ye it was fucked up, I can’t believe both how evil AND conceited they were to think they’d get away with it! Fuck Sony, nothing has improved since then.