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What are your thoughts on #privacy and #itsecurity regarding the #LocalLLMs you use? They seem to be an alternative to ChatGPT, MS Copilot etc. which basically are creepy privacy black boxes. How can you be sure that local LLMs do not A) "phone home" or B) create a profile on you, C) that their analysis is restricted to the scope of your terminal? As far as I can see #ollama and #lmstudio do not provide privacy statements.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Take a look at https://nano-gpt.com/ they have all models available and respect your privacy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I wish when people downvoted comments they explain why. So we can learn.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I didn't downvote but I bet I understand people who did, as this comment does NOT address OP concern. They just add yet another alternative to verify without explaining how to actually do so, i.e. they make the problem worst rather than help, IMHO.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

“respect your privacy” is a vague buzzword phrase, and for a post about local LLMs linking a client that calls APIs which log user data is unhelpful

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

By "respect your privacy" I mean no personal data is collected. So as long as you are not putting personal details about yourself in the queries and use a VPN you can stay pretty anonymous while using the service.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks.

I feel it would be constructive if people who downvoted the OP (I am not them) told them why. As then the OP can learn what this community expects and people who stumble across comments being downvoted, we can clearly see why and learn more from it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

didn’t even downvote, i suspect taking time to explain something you disagree with in a nuanced matter is more effort than most people would care to do

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No I wasn’t accusing you of downvoting. Just speaking generally here.

I guess you’re correct.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just downvoted you to be funny

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I accept that as you gave your reasoning.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Most likely because I am promoting a service that I use and like. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Are you being coerced into saying that, though?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Nice try Mr Altman 🤔