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This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox: in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@markhburton @stephenhomewood

IronFox' readme does a poor job explaining how to install this app via F-Droid. IronFox is not yet part of F-Droid's own package repository. So you have to add IronFox's F-Droid repo before you can install IronFox.

Opening this link in F-Droid allows you to add their repo:
https://fdroid.ironfoxoss.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=c5e291b5a571f9c8cd9a9799c2c94e02ec9703948893f2ca756d67b94204f904

This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox: in c/[email protected]
This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox: in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

@markhburton

We recommend #IronFox as a cleaned up Firefox fork for Android. It supports about:config, too.

This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox: in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@[email protected] Disabled in the sidebar or in about:config?

According to our tests, vanilla Firefox has browser.ml.chat.enabled = true by default.

This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox: in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

@[email protected] Murica?

Mozilla introduced the chatbot option in Firefox 133: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ai-chatbot

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This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox: (fedifreu.de)
 

This is how to disable the new “AI” chatbot in #Firefox:

  • type about:config into the awesome bar
  • skip the warning for first time modders
  • locate the browser.ml.chat.enabled setting and set it to false

In the #Librewolf fork, a thoughtful person has already done this for you.

(HT to @[email protected] for the hint!)

#genAI #chatbot #bullshitgenerator #llm #dontCallItAI

We would like to endorse what @kuketzblog writes about the inclusion of an “AI assistant” into an instant messenger that is still widely used: in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@[email protected] This thread is about WhatsApp.

We would like to endorse what @kuketzblog writes about the inclusion of an “AI assistant” into an instant messenger that is still widely used: in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

@[email protected]
Switzerland is not a bonus for EU citizens as its data protection standards are lower than the EU's.

We would like to endorse what @kuketzblog writes about the inclusion of an “AI assistant” into an instant messenger that is still widely used: in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@[email protected] Here is what we wrote about #OpenOffice the other day: https://fedifreu.de/@switchingsoftware/114246788028410723

We would like to endorse what @kuketzblog writes about the inclusion of an “AI assistant” into an instant messenger that is still widely used: in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (5 children)

@[email protected]
Right. Threema was not yet fully open source when we last updated this list. Will do soon.

We would like to endorse what @kuketzblog writes about the inclusion of an “AI assistant” into an instant messenger that is still widely used: in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Here are some good alternatives to WhatsApp: https://switching.software/replace/whatsapp/

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We would like to endorse what @kuketzblog writes about the inclusion of an “AI assistant” into an instant messenger that is still widely used: (fedifreu.de)
 

We would like to endorse what @[email protected] writes about the inclusion of an “AI assistant” into an instant messenger that is still widely used:

It is unfortunate that many journalists do not realise how dangerous the new AI in WhatsApp really is. Der Spiegel, for example, writes in a recent article: “Meta AI does not have access to users' private chats, however, thanks to end-to-end encryption.” As a matter of fact, the AI does have access as it is used in the context of private chats or group chats. Sadly, this misinformation lulls users into a false sense of security. 🤦

Source (in German): https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/114267998218207258

#whatsapp #ai #e2ee #dontcallitai #genai #privacy