alt Hacker NewsAn aspect of AI that's really underdiscussed is just the basic switch from doing all your searches logged out to now being forced to be logged in somewhere. That much alone is disqualifying for me.
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dlcarrier • today at 4:18 PM
Just because you're not logged in doesn't mean that your searches aren't being stored and monitored nor that they can't be subpoenaed. It is possible to be pretty anonymous on the internet, but it's not easy.
mywittyname • today at 3:48 PM
You can use an offline model via ollama. I'm sure better tools will emerge for less technically-inclined individuals.
Seems like there might be demand for chat clients with end-to-end encryption.
Self-hosted, local only models are probably going to obviate a lot of this.
Google AI Edge Gallery now runs Gemma-4-E2B-it locally on an iPhone after a 2.5Gb download.
No network calls needed, claims Google.
Self-hosting is always a strong option for privacy seeking people, as it should be.