Alexander Hanff
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Google Chrome secretly downloads 4GB AI model without user consent
Google Chrome has been found to be downloading a 4GB AI model, identified as Gemini Nano, onto user devices without explicit consent. Privacy consultant Alexander Hanff discovered that the file, weights.bin, is automati…
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Google, Anthropic face scrutiny over silent AI installs, privacy changes
Google has faced criticism for silently downloading a 4GB AI file, weights.bin, to power its on-device Gemini Nano model within Chrome, which users cannot permanently remove. Privacy advocates like Alexander Hanff argue…
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Google Chrome silently downloads 4GB AI model without user consent, sparking privacy concerns
Google Chrome has been found to be silently downloading a 4GB AI model, Gemini Nano, onto users' devices without explicit consent. Security researcher Alexander Hanff discovered that the file, named "weights.bin," is in…
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Security researcher claims Anthropic installs spyware via web app
Security researcher Alexander Hanff claims that Anthropic's web application secretly installs spyware. He argues that the use of JavaScript to load the application constitutes the installation of spyware. Hanff's articl…
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Anthropic's Claude Desktop App Installs Undisclosed Native Messaging Bridge
Anthropic's Claude Desktop application for macOS has been found to install a Native Messaging manifest file that pre-authorizes browser extensions. This manifest allows extensions to communicate with a local binary outs…