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Google 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.com)
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[–] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Remember how pissed off everyone was when Sony added software to people's computers?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 101 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Do you mean that time they installed a rootkit on people's PCs when they went to play (what was supposed to be) a music CD, or the time they retroactively and remotely sabotaged Linux on people's Playstations?

Just wondering which massive felony that should've landed the entire C-suite in prison you're referring to, since there was more than one.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey come on now, there's no need to lie. We all know that when the C-suite does it it's not a crime in America. It's illegal to hold them accountable!

/wrist :(

[–] grue@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The sad thing is that Sony is multinational, and they weren't prosecuted in Japan or anywhere else, either.

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think the rootkit was only on CD's sold in North America. I could be wrong though.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

...did you mean to say Korea?

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 3 points 2 days ago

What do you mean? I don't follow.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

I may be a forgetful curmudgeon, but I sure remember those!

*shakes cane at things*

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Remember when people used to go insane in newsgroups screaming bloat if a program update was 80 KB bigger than the previous version and now people do not notice an extra 4 GB.